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Serbia’s two-year student movement is attempting to overthrow the ruling party’s 12-year grip through a bold, grassroots democratic experiment.
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A student protest movement has gripped Serbia for two years. This weekend it will try to take power
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Unorthodox campaign is challenging the ruling party’s 12-year reign with a bold democratic experimentOn a cool autumn evening, a team of Serbian student volunteers went canvassing in the housing estates of Krnjača, a Belgrade suburb. They were equipped with lanyards emblazoned with the word “victory”, a stock list of questions and a mobile app that mapped visited homes and the level of support in each.The volunteers were part of a mass student movement, Student List, that has rocked Serbia with two years of constant protests. On Sunday, the group will represent the most serious challenge Aleksandar Vučić has faced in his 12 increasingly authoritarian years in power, by putting forward their own candidates in parliamentary elections. Continue reading...
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