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DEAR FRIENDS,
ATTACHED IS THE LEAFLET OF SLOBODA/FREEDOM ASSOCIATION, INVITING ALL
THE PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE TO DEMONSTRATE AT THE HAGUE ON VIDOVDAN
(St.Vitus Day, June 28).
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE THE LEAFLET WIDELY, HELP THE ORGANIZATION, COME TO
THE HAGUE. ALL YOUR SUGGESTIONS FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE DEMONSTRATION
AND OUR MOST POWERFUL APPEARANCE ARE THE MOST WELCOME AND WILL BE
IMMEDIATELY TRANSMITTED TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE, WHICH IS
SERBIAN-INTERNATIONAL AND WHICH WILL GROW. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
MOBILIZATION IN OUR STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, DEMOCRACY AND DIGNITY OF OUR
PEOPLE. WE WILL INFORM YOU ABOUT THE COURSE OF THE PREPARATIONS. WE
PREPARE FOR May 20 THE SECOND LEAFLET WHICH WILL CONTAIN THE DETAILED
PROGRAM OF THE DEMOS.
YOU CAN CONTACT US VIA E-MAIL SLOBODAVK@... ,
PHONE +381 63 8862 301 OR FAX +381 11 630 549.

SLOBODA/FREEDOM ASSOCIATION

YUGOSLAV COMMITTEE FOR THE LIBERATION OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC
Belgrade, Rajiceva 16, tel./fax +381 11 630 549

Joining the initiative of our people from Diaspora worried for the
future of our country and the call of the Organizational Committee,
the only organization in Serbia that even at the hardest times stands
for the defense of freedom, independence and democracy, the
Association
SLOBODA / FREEDOM
calls upon all honest people to the

DEMONSTRATIONS
at The Hague, on St.Vitus Day, June 28, 2003

The Hague "tribunal" does not serve to justice nor to the United
Nations. It serves to the war criminals who broke-up and bombarded our
country. There is no institution in the civilized world which violates
the human rights and human dignity more than this one. This spy
machinery tries to turn our country into a colony, our ministers into
its servants and to seal-up our future that way. The obscure interior
of the Hague and of Carla del Ponte gave birth to the assassination of
Zoran Djindjic, to the State of Emergency in Serbia and to the new
sufferings of our people. Let us stop the crime, let us return the
freedom and dignity to our people and democracy to Serbia. Let us make
a mass, peaceful and proud protest against the machinery which threats
to the human and national dignity of all the Serbs and Yugoslavs and
which acts in contradiction to the International Law and to all
European and International documents about the protection of the human
rights. Let us demand:
" Freedom for our abducted President Slobodan Milosevic who bravely
defends the truth and honor of his people in spite they threaten his
life and cowardly attack his family.
" Freedom, dignity and democracy for our people, end of campaign of
lies about the defenders of freedom and of their Hague confinement,
end of blaming us all for NATO and fabricated crimes.
" Abolishment of the Hague "tribunal" as an instrument of aggression
against our country and of its occupation.

WE CALL UPON ALL THE PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS IN EUROPE
AND WORLD WIDE TO JOIN US!

The demos and the struggle for these goals need the financial
assistance.
Send a check to our address or transfer your donation to the following
account:

Peter Betscher, Account Number (Konto-Nr.): 102013409
Bank: Volksbank Darmstadt, Bank Number (BLZ): 508 90 000, use: defense

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Subject: 28. Juni Den Haag: Demo ggn "Tribunal" der Nato
Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 07:12:09 -0400
From: joesb@...
Organization: JOeSB Aktuell


Die Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung (JÖSB)
unterstützt folgende Demonstration. Während in unseren Reihen
verschiedene Ansichten über die Rolle Slobodan Milosevic' zu finden
sind, lehnen wir den Hexenprozess gegen den Widerstand des
jugoslawischen und serbischen Volkes ab, sind für die Auflösung des
"Tribunals" und für die Freilassung Milosevic'. Des weiteren
demonstrieren wir gegen die Errichtung einer neoliberalen
Polizeidiktatur in Serbien durch die prowestliche Regierung, die die
elementarsten Rechte auf freie Meinungsäußerung mißachtet.

TeilnehmerInnen aus Österreich sind aufgerufen sich bei uns wegen
Mitreise zu melden:

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JUGOSLAWIEN, AFGHANISTAN, IRAK - WER IST DER NÄCHSTE?

In immer schnellerer Folge wechseln die Kriegsschauplätze - viele
Friedensfreunde verlieren den Überblick und übersehen die
Zusammenhänge. Wie der Überfall auf den Irak war die NATO-Aggression
1999 gegen Jugoslawien ein völkerrechtswidriger Angriffskrieg. Damals
wie heute ging es den USA um die Durchsetzung globaler
Weltmachtansprüche, die Kontrolle von Rohstoffquellen und
Transportwegen. Mit dem neuen strategischen NATO-Konzept von 1999
wurde die Aggression gegen Jugoslawien zum "Türöffnerkrieg", zum
entscheidenden Präzedenzfall für die Missachtung des absoluten
Gewaltverbots des Völkerrechts. Auf dem Balkan wurde die neue
Strategie der selektiven Aufhebung der Staatensouveränität und des
Selbstbestimmungsrechts der Völker vorexerziert.

Als Symbol des Widerstandes gegen die neue Weltkriegsordnung soll
Slobodan Milosevic exemplarisch in einem Schauprozess abgeurteilt
werden - zur nachträglichen Legitimation der Aggression und
Kriegsverbrechen der NATO, und als warnendes Beispiel zur Abschreckung
aller "Unwilligen", Dissidenten und Abweichler, die nicht Vasallen der
neuen Weltordner sein wollen. Hierfür wurde ein völkerrechtswidriges
Sondergericht geschaffen, das keine Institution des Rechts, sondern
eine Kolonialbehörde darstellt. Deshalb ist die Forderung nach
Abschaffung des Haager "Tribunals" und nach Freiheit für Slobodan
Milosevic sowie alle politischen Gefangenen der NATO unverzichtbares
Element des Kampfes für eine andere Weltordnung. Dafür demonstrieren
wir in Den Haag: 28.Juni 2003

Auflösung des illegalen YU-Tribunals!
Freiheit für Slobodan Milosevic und alle politischen Gefangenen der
NATO!

Nach dem "Regimewechsel" wurden auch in Belgrad willige Lakaien
eingesetzt, die das Land und seine Verteidiger für einen Judaslohn
verkaufen. Ausgerechnet am 28. Juni 2001, dem höchsten serbischen
Feiertag, der an die Schlacht auf dem Amselfeld 1389 erinnert, wurde
Slobodan Milosevic vom Djindjic-Regime nach Den Haag entführt.
Symbolträchtig wollten die Kidnapper deutlich machen, dass die
Besiegten nun die Geschichtsdeutung der Sieger zu übernehmen hätten.
Doch immer war und ist der 28. Juni - Tag des Verrats und der
Erniedrigung und zugleich Tag des Widerstandes gegen
imperialistische Fremdherrschaft.

Heute agiert in Belgrad eine Marionettenregierung von Gnaden der USA
nach den Direktiven des CIA-Residenten und US-Botschafters William
Montgomery. In Komplizenschaft mit dem Haager Tribunal verweigern sie
den "Angeklagten" aus ihrem Land jede Unterstützung, inzwischen selbst
den Zugang zu Beweismitteln. Bisher hat die "Anklage" an jedem
Verhandlungstag ein Fiasko erlebt, trotz nachgewiesener Versuche der
Zeugenbestechung und -bedrohung. Deshalb ist es nun ihre offenkundige
Absicht, Slobodan Milosevic, der als Ankläger der NATO auftritt,
physisch und psychisch zu brechen - eine "biologische Lösung" als
kalkulierter rettender Ausweg für die Veranstalter dieses
Justizverbrechens.

Deshalb demonstrieren wir unter der Losung

STOPPT DIE USA!
FREIHEIT FÜR SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC!

Demo am Samstag, 28. Juni 2003, 14 Uhr
Congressgebäude Den Haag, Churchillplein 10

Internationales Komitee für die Verteidigung von Slobodan Milosevic

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Jugoslawisch-Österreichische Solidaritätsbewegung
Meiselstraße 46/4
A-1150 Wien
Tel&Fax: (+43 1) 924 31 61
joesb@...
http://www.vorstadtzentrum.org/joesb
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ROMA 15 MAGGIO

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DOPOGUERRA: LA GUERRA CONTINUA
Jugoslavia Quattro Anni Dopo

Giovedi 15 Maggio
Facolta' di Scienze, Universita' di Tor Vergata

Ore 13:30 aula 28 - Proiezione Video
?"I dannati del Kosovo?" di M. Collon e V. Stojiljkovic

Ore 15:00 atrio tra i due bar - Assemblea dibattito
con:
Sergio Coronica - Un ponte per?
Andrea Martocchia - Coordinamento Nazionale per la Jugoslavia
Andrea Tarozzi - Comitato cittadino contro la guerra di Bologna

a seguire, in Aula 28 - Proiezione video
?"Bombe sulle industrie chimiche?" di Sasha Adamek

Organizzano:
Collettivo studentesco
?Lavori in Corso?
Comitato contro la Guerra
Università di Tor Vergata

COME ARRIVARE

Alla Facolta' di Scienze si arriva da Anagnina
(ultima fermata della linea Metro A) con l'autobus 500 oppure 046
(chiedere all'autista di scendere alla Facolta' di Scienze ex Sogene;
in ogni caso e' la prima fermata dopo che l'autobus passa sotto il
cavalcavia dell'autostrada Roma-Napoli).
Davanti alla fermata c'e' il cancello della Facolta' e, sulla destra,
delle scale che salgono al corridoio centrale delle aule
didattiche. L'iniziativa e' in questo corridoio. L'aula 28 e' una
delle primissime sulla destra, l'atrio tra i due bar e' un po' piu'
avanti.

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Traduzione del messaggio di Vladimir Krsljanin:
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Cari amici,

in allegato c'è l'invito a tutti i patrioti, i progressisti e i nostri
amici stranieri a dimostrare all'Aja il 28 giugno, giorno di San Vito.
Si prega di inviare la comunicazione a quanti più possibile, aiutate
l'organizzazione e venite all'Aja.
Tutti i vostri suggerimenti, tesi a farci avere un maggior successo e
ad ottenere una iniziativa la più incisiva possibile, sono i
benvenuti, e li trasmetteremo alla sezione organizzativa, che è serba,
ma anche nello stesso tempo internazionale, ed aperta a tutti. Si
tratta di una mobilitazione molto importante nella nostra comune lotta
per la democarzia, l'onore e la dignità del nostro Paese. Vi manderemo
informazioni sull'andamento dei preparativi, la seconda locandina,
inviata entro il 20 maggio, conterrà i dettagli sull'orario, il luogo
e il percorso della manifestazione.

Per contatti e-mail: SLOBODAVK@...
tel +381 11 63 8862 301 fax +381 11 630 549
La direzione di SLOBODA

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Testo dell'allegato:
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L'Associazione Sloboda invita tutti gli uomini onesti alla
dimostrazione che si terrà all'Aja il 28 giugno 2003

Il tribunale dell'Aja non è al servizio della giustizia nè delle
Nazioni Unite, ma dei criminali di guerra che hanno distrutto e
bombardato il nostro Paese. Nel mondo civile oggi non c'è istituzione
che violi di più i diritti umani e la dignità dell'uomo. Questa
macchinazione spionistica pretende di trasformare i nostri ministri in
servi e così il nostro futuro. I meandri oscuri dell'Aja e di Carla
Del Ponte hanno generato l'uccisione di Zoran Djindjic, lo stato
d'emergenza in Serbia e nuove sofferenze al nostro popolo.
Fermiamo il crimine, facciamo ritornare la libertà e la dignità al
popolo e la democrazia alla Serbia. Esprimiamo con una mobilitazione
di massa, pacifica e dignitosa la protesta contro la macchinazione che
minaccia la dignità umana e nazionale di tutti i Serbi e gli Jugoslavi
e agisce contro il diritto internazionale e contro tutti i documenti
europei ed internazionali sulla difesa dei diritti umani.
Esigiamo:
- la libertà per il nostro Presidente, Slobodan Milosevic,
sequestrato, che valorosamente difende la verità e l'onore del suo
popolo, anche se in pericolo di vita, mentre la sua famiglia viene
vigliaccamente aggredita;
- la libertà, la dignità e la democrazia per il nostro popolo, la fine
della diffusione delle menzogne sul conto dei difensori della Patria e
del loro imprigionamento all'Aja, e dell'attribuzione a noi di crimini
compiuti da altri, o di crimini inventati;
- la soppressione del tribunale dell'Aja come strumento della
aggressione al nostro Paese e del suo asservimento.

Invitiamo tutte le organizzazioni progressiste ed i singoli
progressisti in Europa e nel mondo ad unirsi a noi!


[SLOBODA e' il Comitato jugoslavo di solidarieta' a Milosevic.
Ringraziamo TB per la traduzione dal serbocroato]



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Da: Vladimir Krsljanin
DEMONSTRACIJE U HAGU
Inviato: 07/05/2003 16:32


DRAGI PRIJATELJI,
U PRILOGU JE LETAK KOJIM UDRUZENJE SLOBODA POZIVA SVE RODOLJUBE,
NAPREDNE LJUDE I NASE STRANE PRIJATELJE NA DEMONSTRACIJE U HAGU NA
VIDOVDAN. MOLIMO DISTRIBUIRAJTE GA STO SIRE, POMOZITE ORGANIZACIJI,
DODJITE U HAG.
SVE VASE SUGESTIJE ZA STO VECI USPEH I NAS STO SNAZNIJI NASTUP TAKODJE
SU DOBRODOSLE I ODMAH CEMO IH PRENETI ORGANIZACIONOM ODBORU KOJI JE
SRPSKO-INTERNACIONALNI I CIJI JE SASTAV OTVOREN.
OVO JE VRLO VAZNA MOBILIZACIJA U NASOJ ZAJEDNICKOJ BICI ZA
DEMOKRATIJU, CAST I DOSTOJANSTVO NASEG NARODA.
PRENOSICEMO VAM INFORMACIJE O TOKU PRIPREMA. DRUGI LETAK KOJI CEMO
PRIPREMITI DO 20. MAJA SADRZACE PODATKE O TACNOM VREMENU, MESTU I
PREDVIDJENOM TOKU DEMONSTRACIJA U HAGU.
SA NAMA MOZETE KONTAKTIRATI PUTEM E-MAILA SLOBODAVK@Y... ,
TELEFONOM +381 63 8862 301 ILI FAKSOM +381 11 630 549.

UPRAVA UDRUZENJA SLOBODA

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--- In This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Gennaro ha scritto:

(...)

Review 'From Kosovo to Kabul...' by Sven Engel
(The reviewer, Sven Engel, is an adviser to the United Left Group
(GUE-NGL) at the European Parliament, specialising in civil liberties,
justice and home affairs)

David Chandler,
"From Kosovo to Kabul. Human Rights and International Intervention",
(London Pluto Press 2002)

In the 1990s the world order has undergone dramatic changes. A new
"ethical foreign policy" based on the challenge of the human rights
discourse to the existing framework of international relations has led
to a proliferation of Western military interventions from Iraq to
Bosnia, to Kosovo and back to Iraq, all of them in the name of "human
rights and democracy". This new order is increasingly replacing the
post-World War Two order of the United Nations and has effectively
undermined the principles of sovereignty and formal equality of nation
states. The United Nations order, as imperfect as it might have been,
nevertheless replaced the older Westphalian concept of international
relations in which 'might became right', i.e. in which the Great
Powers were free to intervene in weaker states or colonial
territories, since sovereignty was based on power alone. The League of
Nations began the process of legally restricting the sovereignty of
the Great Powers, but only the UN system added the principle of
non-interventionism and full sovereign equality and put the goal of
securing peace at the core of its Charter.

Chandler's excellent book exposes the way in which human rights
activists and NGOs have established the ideological framework of
contemporary Western militarism, the 'human rights intervention', and
describes the development of a new era of armed intervention for
"ethical" ends (35).

The apologists for this new humanitarian interventionism both from the
right and the left simply assume that the Great Powers who make up the
"coalitions of the willing" will behave well and intervene on behalf
of human rights and justice rather than in a strictly self-interested
way. That this human rights rationale for interventionism is a genuine
menace to both human rights and democracy is convincingly demonstrated
in Chandler's book. The human rights activists have - mostly willingly
- paved the way for NATO-forces in all corners of the world, and
helped to achieve a situation in which humanitarian aid and cruise
missiles are simultaneously dropped on Afghanistan.

Chandler gives no detailed legal discussion, since the breaches of
international law are clear. In his view, "the extension of
'international justice' is, in fact, the abolition of international
law." (p.137) Neither is he adding to the more traditional critique
that reveals the double standards of human rights interventionism, or
the anti-imperialist type of ideology-critique which holds human
rights interventions as a cynical cover-up for the traditional
realpolitik of major powers, although he covers both in a brief
chapter. Instead, Chandler wants to expose the elitist assumptions
behind the human rights movement, its attack on the principles of
representative democracy and negotiated settlements. In his view,
human rights activists have, contrary to their own demands,
dis-empowered the subjects in conflict zones by defining them strictly
as passive victims, helplessly suffering from the aggressions of
undemocratic and unaccountable rulers. As Hannah Arendt noted, this
relationship of external assistance for victims is the opposite of a
right: it is a charitable act.

Ever since the Biafra war, human rights activists like Bernard
Kouchner or NGOs like Human Rights Watch, Médecins Sans Frontières and
others have abandoned the principles of more traditional
humanitarianism as represented by the ICRC which was based on strict
impartiality and neutrality, and called for more invasive, committed,
and positioned humanitarian action. By uniquely focussing on violence
and torture, genocide and mass rape, the human rights discourse
managed to abstract from a wider political context and to establish
ethical principles in the foreign policies of leading Western
governments. This gave new legitimacy to their actions abroad and to
their standing in the domestic sphere. After all, who could be opposed
to the British government helping Kosovan refugees or "liberating "
the Iraqi people? Thus, "the attention to ethical foreign policy has
been an important resource of authority and credibility for Western
political leaders." (63).

This new human rights principle, derived from the needs of the human
rights victim, imposes a duty on outside bodies to act if the nation
state fails, or is unable, to guarantee human rights. However, the
duty to intervene can only ever fall on the most powerful states,
whatever the utopian rhetoric of the 'cosmopolitan civil society'
theorists. (133). Is this a shift back to the old Westphalian order of
absolute sovereignty for the absolutely powerful? In any case, the
human rights principle has pushed aside the efforts of UN Blue Helmet
operations which sought to reach consensus among conflicting parties,
to establish a cease fire achieved by political negotiations and to
monitor a post-conflict process of democratisation and decision-making
which tried to integrate all relevant factions. The new framework
calls for external intervention in and regulation of conflicts
following the advice of human rights elites who claim to "represent"
the victims of human rights abuses against their own governments - be
they elected or not.

full: http://www.spectrezine.org/reviews/Chandler.htm
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