The whole world watched recently as Serbian leader Slobodan Milosovic
seemingly lost the presidential elections. What few people saw was the
role played by a student movement known as ‘Otpor’ (“Resistance”) in
trying to rid their nation of a ruthless leader. A group with no one
person in charge, Otpur went from being a campus organisation at
Belgrade University a year ago to being a nationwide group with 2,500
activists and 120 chapters – one that is respected by fellow citizens
and depended upon by the opposition. Mothers and grandmothers have their
own chapters within the movement and some moms have even been arrested
alongside their children, says Mother Jones. Otpur members want
Milosovic to be punished for ruining their youth and their country. In
one attempt to get their message through, some of the students put up
banners in town squares all over Serbia on the occasion of the leader’s
birthday. It read “Happy birthday, Mr. President, may you celebrate the
next one with your nearest and dearest on a deserved holiday in the
Hague”.
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