Tuzla

Tuzla: the workers’ revolt that spawned a Bosnian Spring

Posted May 2, 2014June 3, 2019 adminPosted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, workers' protest

article for ROAR Magazine, May 1, 2014 Laid off and unpaid, the workers of Bosnia’s privatized factories decided to take matters into their own hands and rise up against their government. The multi-ethnic, industrial town of Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina counts on a long tradition of workers’ struggle: at the entrance of the city […]

Sow hunger, reap anger: Why Bosnia is burning

Posted February 10, 2014November 22, 2023 adminPosted in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 […]