Syndicate: Arkzin alert!

[iskoric@igc.apc.org (by way of Andreas Broeckmann)]

ARKzin goes underground!
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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

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