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" . . . to achieve Anarchy we have to unite, and fight together . . ."
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ZAPO
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In the beginning (3-4 years ago) we were a small group of punx who, in spite
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of drinking, smoking grass, listening to loud music and other hedonistic
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activities, got the idea of changing the normal life and existing system ,
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which we thought was going to ruin our world . . .
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In the first time, we did A.L.F. (Animal Liberation Front) actions, because
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the meat and fur/leather industry kills much more animals than they have to.
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we concentrated our activities on fur/leather shops, because still live off
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meat (quite unnecessarily I would have to add - ed.) , but fashion stuff made
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of fur and leather are completely unnecessary. Our activities were small
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diversions, like breaking shop windows , glueing locks, writing
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anti-fur/leather graffiti , and so on . . .
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In time , after the elections, it became obvious that war is imminent, if
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someone doesn't do anything against it. We decided to organize ourselves into
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a kind of organization which would connect ideas and principles of Anarchism
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and Pacifism (we are not pacifists by all means, but there was a lot of
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violence and destruction around us) because we thought that was the best idea
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for the following time. Other reasons , not less important was to educate
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people on the real meaning of anarchism. For that reason , we made a few
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posters, just to tell people to start thinking with their own minds.
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By that time, war in Slovenia started, and we decided to organize a
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demo-meeting. We asked for a permit to organize it , but we didn't get one.
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Even though we didn't get it, we went on. First it was to be meeting against
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war, army , politicians and nationalism, but we spread it to an anti-police
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demo. It was a small meeting (around 30 people showed) but pretty successful.
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We made common people interested in our work. There were few police officers ,
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but they didn't cause any problems for us, except some private security guards
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did.
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A month or two later , the war erupted in Croatia. It forced us to stop our
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work for a while (frequent air alerts and weeks of black-outs). Till August
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1992 we didn't do a single thing (we are ashamed of it) but then we decided it
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was enough "sleeping". In August we published the first issue of "Comunitas"
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zine, in which we described Anarchism (roots, aims, etc.), Pacifism (history,
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... ) and in opposite nazism and racism.
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That first helped us contact people of Anti War Campaign. They let us work in
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their office and also use their equipment. At first , our work was collecting
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anarchist literature and publications, making contacts with other anarchists
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all over the world, and of course, further work on "Comunitas" zine.
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After we got possibilities to work in better conditions, we finished a new
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issue of "Comunitas" zine Nr. 2/3. Most of the copies we've sent by mail to
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individuals and organizations, or just have given to other people. Only few
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were sold. That's a bit of a problem cos we don't have constant money income
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(the situation in Croatia is very bad and members cannot give money for
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expenses of printing, because they don't have enough money for basic living
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needs) and the only money we've gotten was fro our comrades from Italy (around
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500 DEM) and from comrades from Germany (100 DEM), which was mostly spent on
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last issue. We have about 250 DEM left, which we'll spend on the new issue.
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It'll probably be also a double nr. 4/5. The new "Comunitas" will be on A4
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format, and written in both English and Croatian language, because of big
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interest in other countries.
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At the moment we plan our further activities. We plan to write a pamphlet on
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our stands about the war which is lasting in ex-Yugoslavia (relations of this
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war with New World Order Connection and international capital which use
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ex-Yugoslavia as an experiment). We'll write it also in English/Croatian
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version. Our work is pretty slow 'cos we make our decisions by consensus and
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not by false parliamentary, like outvoting.
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This is our short story about ZAPO. If you can or would like to help our
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struggle in any way contact us!
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FAX: available 24 hours a day +3841/335-230
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PHONE: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays after 8:00 PM +3841/422-495
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Z.A.P.O.
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PLEASE NOTE !
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We're not begging for money, but small donations would be very helpful. For
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further information, contact us.
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