by way of Andreas Broeckmann on Tue, 9 Sep 1997 15:57:02 +0100 |
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Syndicate: Arkzin alert! |
ARKzin goes underground! ------------------------ Arkzin vas established as a zine of antiwar campaign back in 1991. With time, it grew into a solid bimonthly with a press run of 8000 and countrywide distribution. As one of the rare (if not the only one) newspapers which openly opposed the war, militant nationalism and narrow minded pollitical oportunism, Arkzin was often under attack. Verbally, phisically, in writting, finantially and even through law suits. Arkzin stands for human rights, ecology, alternative culture, multiculturality, and much more. They even sometimes bring topics connected with anarchism, such as an interwiev with N.Chomsky or Tribute to Duruti. After almost 7 years of resistance, facing huge finantial problems, and distribution problems they were forced to take drastic steps. From late July, Arkzin became a monthly zine (no more payed work) with a considerably smaller press run (2000) and limited distribution. From one point of wiev, that's bad since this kind of journalism will be less available to an average Croatian. They had to take a round rute to their readers, which means less exposure. Also, the circulation drop is drastic. From the other point of wiev, it's excellent to see that they'll continue fighting no matter how big are the problems they face, and also that most of the stuff agreed to keep on working for free. It's a great opportunity for them to consolidate their forces, and also find a solid and supportive body of people who will continue to read them. This measure (them moving underground) has both positive and negative sides. It's hard to predict which will prevail. Unfortunately, it's to be expected that we'll write more about Arkzin in future editions of Zaginflatch, because we're still waiting for the development of a law suit in which the state accused Arkzin's chief editor Vesna Jankovic for making untrue statements about the president, which is a criminal act in Croatia. Vesna could end up in prison for up to one year! Zap has allready participated in events protesting against this barbaric act of state, and we'll surely do more. Arkzin can be reached at: ARKZIN_ZG@ZAMIR-ZG.ztn.apc.org Ivo Skoric ***** ivo@reporters.net 212.369.9197 PO Box 46, NYC NY 10029, USA http://www.peacenet.org/balkans/ ivo.html