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1. ARTICLE OF THE MONTH: THE MEMORANDUM: ROOTS OF SERBIAN NATIONALISM
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In 1986, the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences published a "Memorandum" that formulated the central tenets of Serbian nationalism. Up until the 1990s, this Memorandum served as the political programme of the leadership of the Republic of Serbia. Some see it as evidence of early and systematic preparation for the establishment of a state of Greater Serbia, and with it the war in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In September 2003, Danish journalists Jens-Martin Eriksen and Frederik Stjernfelt were able to conduct an interview with two of the authors of the Memorandum: the philosopher Mihajlo Markovic, former editor of the Marxist journal PRAXIS, and the nationalist historian Vasilije Krestic. Eurozine publishes the interview for the first time in English.

It is a fascinating and chilling demonstration of how left- and rightwing ideologies converged in Serbian nationalism. "Is this a biopsy, an example, of the new link between Right and Left after the fall of the Berlin Wall?" ask Eriksen and Stjernfelt. "When the poles of the world were represented on one side by the Soviet Union, and on the other by the US, light years separated the most extreme Left and the most extreme Right. Today one comes across a wide range of positions -- anti-globalization, regionalism, anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, anti-liberalism, anti-Europeanism -- that incorporate scepticism towards representative democracy. In this particular case it is radical nationalism, whose end-results included ethnic cleansing as a legitimate political instrument."

Read the interview and other articles related to Serbian nationalism published by Eurozine on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacres.

The interview is available in English, German, and Danish at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-eriksen-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-eriksen-de.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-eriksen-da.html

Further articles on Serbian nationalism are available at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-newsitem-en.html

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2. A NEW FACE FOR EUROZINE
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In September, Eurozine will relaunch its website. We will present a new, more functional design to our readers with enhanced accessibility to our articles, focal points, and news items. A strong focus will be placed on the network behind Eurozine, which the new design will bring to the fore.

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3. NEW ARTICLES
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Samuel Abrahám and Egon Gál interview: Béla Egyed,
John Hall, Russel
Jacoby, Richard Rorty
THE DULL DECENCIES OF NORMALITY: A DEBATE ON THE CONTEMPORARY USES OF LIBERALISM
Leading Canadian and North American political philosophers answer questions about liberalism posed by Slovakian journal "Kritika & Kontext".

This article is available in English and Slovakian at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-08-01-abraham-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-08-01-abraham-sk.html

Robert Rotifer
RAINBOW PUDDLES ON PARK LANE: FOLLOWING THE TRAIL OF OIL THAT RUNS THROUGH LONDON'S STREETS
From public transport to the Premier League, oil has left an indelible mark on the British capital. Written three months before the London bombings, this article is eerily premonitory.

This article is available in English and German at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-29-rotifer-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-13-rotifer-de.html

Violeta Davoliute, Natalie Zemon Davis
BABEL IS NOT THE LAST WORD: A CONVERSATION WITH NATALIE ZEMON DAVIS
"What I care about is having found ways to get evidence for and tell the stories of people often passed unnoticed or treated as a statistic -- to make their stories speak to bigger issues in historical life and change."

This article is available in English and Latvian at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-28-zemondavis-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-28-zemondavis-lt.html

Gabriele Reiterer
IMAGINES ET LOCI: THE CITY AS NARRATIVE
Powerful memories inhere in a city and its sites. Only poetry and architecture can overcome human oblivion.

This article is available in German and Croatian at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-27-reiterer-de.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-27-reiterer-hr.html

Erica Johnson Debeljak
GAINED IN TRANSLATION
What is the translator's job? To bring the text to the reader or the reader to the text? And either way, do translators receive the credit they deserve?

This article is available in English and Slovene at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-25-johnsondebeljak-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-25-johnsondebeljak-sl.html

Roman Szporluk
THE WESTERN DIMENSION OF THE MAKING OF MODERN UKRAINE
The history of Ukrainian independence begins with the revolution in 1848, and thereafter is shaped by European and Russian interests.

This article is available in English and German at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-22-szporluk-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-22-szporluk-de.html

Olivier Mongin, Jean-Louis Schlegel
THE LEGISLATION OF 1905
Should France's laws from 1905 regulating laicité be reformed after a century of changes in the religious composition of French society?

This article is available in French and Italian at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-21-monginschlegel-fr.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-21-monginschlegel-it.html

Gilbert Achcar
A BLACK HOLE: ON CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE ARABIAN WORLD
On the possibilites, or lack thereof, for improving civil rights in the Middle East as a result of recent events.

This article is available in German at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-21-achcar-de.html

Helga Leiprecht
IMRE KERTÉSZ. THE STRANGER
An interview with Imre Kertész, in which he talks about discrimination, censorship, and linguistic isolation, and why he is at home with his alienation.

This article is available in English and German at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-20-leiprecht-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-20-leiprecht-de.html

György Spiró
IMRE KERTÉSZ AND HIS TIME: NOT JEWISH. NOT HUNGARIAN. NOT ANTI-GERMAN ENOUGH
Why the "perfect normality" of his fiction placed Imre Kertész on the sidelines of Hungarian literature during socialism, and why it still arouses dislike.

This article is available in English, German, and Hungarian at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-20-spiro-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-20-spiro-de.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-20-spiro-hu.html

Carlo Ginzburg, Trygve Riiser Gundersen
ON THE DARK SIDE OF HISTORY: CARLO GINZBURG TALKS TO TRYGVE RIISER GUNDERSEN
The historian as a detective? Carlo Ginzburg explains his approach to history.

This article is now available in Portuguese as well as English and Norwegian at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-20-ginzburg-pt.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2003-07-11-ginzburg-no.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2003-07-11-ginzburg-en.html

Olivier Blondeau
HACKTIVISM: STREET PROTESTS, POLITICS, AND MOBILITY. A STUDY OF ACTIVIST USES OF SYNDICATION
On reappropriating the streets as a space of action and protest using cell phones, wireless internet connectivity, and other new media phenomena.

This article is available in English and French at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-19-blondeau-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-19-blondeau-fr.html

Matteo Pasquinelli
RADICAL MACHINES AGAINST THE TECHNO-EMPIRE: FROM UTOPIA TO NETWORK
In order to fight the "techno-imperialists" on their own turf, the radical potential of knowledge-sharing must go beyond the Free Software.

This article is available in English, Italian, and French at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-19-pasquinelli-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-19-pasquinelli-it.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-19-pasquinelli-fr.html

António Sousa Ribeiro
THE REASON OF BORDERS OR A BORDER REASON? TRANSLATION AS A METAPHOR FOR OUR TIMES
How does translation affect and change our notions of multiculturalism and cultural identity?

This article is now available in Portuguese as well as English, Turkish, and Bosnian at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-18-ribeiro-pt.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2004-10-05-ribeiro-bs.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2004-01-14-ribeiro-tr.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2004-01-08-ribeiro-en.html

Samuel Abraham
PUBLIC DISAGREEMENT: THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION OF LIBERAL POLITICS
Can liberalism work in Slovakia? A look at what liberalism truly means and the benefits of liberal politics -- most importantly, the right to disagree.

This article is available in English and Slovakian at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-15-abraham-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-15-abraham-sk.html

John Grahl
LEARNING FROM WASHINGTON FOR ONCE: THE EU FAILS, BUT THE MONETARY UNION DOESN'T TAKE NOTE
The European Union will not be able to survive its political and economic crisis as long as it remains conservative, dogmatic, and anti-democratic, writes Grahl.

This article is available in German at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-14-grahl-de.html

Agnese Gaile
A MILLION FOR A MINUTE
Stories about the guru of psychoanalysis, Jacques Lacan (1901-1981), and his daughter, Judith Miller.

This article is available in French and Latvian at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-13-gaile-fr.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-13-gaile-lv.html

Eurozine News Item
SREBRENICA. TEN YEARS ON
On 11 July, the atrocities of Srebrenica had their tenth anniversary. Eurozine publishes views from inside Serbia on how the nation is starting to address its guilt.

This article is available in English and German at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-newsitem-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-newsitem-de.html

Obrad Savic
SREBRENICA: BETWEEN DENIAL AND RECOGNITION
Recent footage showing murders taking place at Srebrenica has proved a catalyst for a change in the attitudes of the Serbian public towards Serbian war crimes.

This article is available in English at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-savic-en.html

Belgrade Circle, et al.
DECLARATION OF THE OBLIGATION OF THE STATE OF SERBIA...
The declaration submitted to the Serbian government by a group of Belgrade NGOs, urging that guilt for war crimes be officially and publicly acknowledged.

This article is available in English at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-belgrade-en.html

Jens-Martin Eriksen, Vasilije Krestic, Mihajlo Markovic, Frederik Stjernfelt
THE MEMORANDUM: ROOTS OF SERBIAN NATIONALISM. AN INTERVIEW WITH MIHAJLO MARKOVIC AND VASILIJE KRESTIC
An interview with two of the authors of the document that laid down the ideological foundations for Serbian nationalism in the 1980s and 1990s.

This article is available in English, German, and Danish at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-eriksen-en.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-eriksen-de.html
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-eriksen-da.html

Jean Arnault Dérens
WARS OVER MEMORIES: THE IMPOSSIBLE. A COMMON HISTORY OF KOSOVO
Albanian and Serbian nationalists alike assert an exclusive claim to Kosovo. A short history of the ongoing conflict from the Battle of Kosovo to the current Albanian independence movement.

This article is available in German at:
>>http://www.eurozine.com/article/2005-07-08-derens-de.html