Sow hunger, reap anger: Why Bosnia is burning

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article for ROAR Magazine – February 9, 2014 Failed privatizations, rampant unemployment and a thoroughly inefficient and unaccountable political system lie at the basis of the Bosnian protests. Bosnia-Herzegovina finally emerged from the sidelines, once again as a country in flames. On February 5, laid off workers of the recently privatized factories of the industrial […]

Occupy Sarajevo: Taking parliament hostage in Bosnia

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article for ROAR Magazine – June 14, 2013 A protest against administrative hurdles to identification has sparked a broader popular movement against a dysfunctional system and for real democracy. For over a week, demonstrators, activists and lots of children have been peacefully occupying the parliament square in Sarajevo. Since June 5th, hundreds of citizens stand […]