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They should go for a full package against greece all grievances, financial, human rights etc. I think the TROIKA is using cannabilising the country as a whipping stick to keep these pukes in order actually. I have no idea why the world puts up with that creature greece. -
A Kangaroo court? shit that country makes me sick to my stomach, greeceLeave a comment:
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they should get a class action going agains't the greek govt for forcing people to change their names.Im sure they would win.Leave a comment:
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Noose – Chapter 2
By Stoian Kochov
Translated and edited by Risto Stefov
[email protected]
January 9, 2013
From the arms of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) into the arms of the Communist Party of Greece (CPG).
Based on the October 14th, 1946 agreement to make changes to NOF (National Liberation Front) between Tito (CPY) and Zahariadis (CPG), CPY representative Karaivanov and CPG representative Ioannidis quickly came to the following decision: “The Macedonian organizations NOF, AFZH (Women’s Anti-Fascist Front) and NOMS (People’s Liberation Youth Union of the Aegean Macedonians) were to completely fall under the leadership of the CPG and the armed NOF units were to join DAG (Democratic Army of Greece) and fall under the command of General Markos.”
(Karaivanov was a Special Intelligence Officer working for Tito, an agent of the NKVD (Committee of State Security of the USSR) and a Comintern instructor.)
(Included among General Markos Vafiadis’s immediate associates and instructors were: Gjuza Radovikj, Obrad Trninikj, Misho Vrbitsa, Velimir Dotsnikj, Svetislav Stojanovikj and Petar Lutskj, all of KOS of Serbia. (See KOS and UDBA – Actions and documents of the Secret Services.))
Again, dictate obedience and a bent spine.
1.
It rained hard in May 1946. Heavy rains came and flooded the village pathways and streets. One day a torrent of water ran like a horrific bitter river, sweeping away the smaller and weaker livestock and forcing the villagers to wade through tons of mud. This was the first major spring flood to take place in a long time. After that, frightening water demons appeared and, with their gruesome shadows and creepy screams, ate away the May nights, as though they wanted to demolish and ruin the homes of the villagers, to erase their memories and darken their minds before God.
2.
Based on what people believed, the Village Rudino was divided into two camps and that’s when discord and conflicts began. The pre-war sense of collectivity, friendship and generosity that was shared among the villagers was gone. The sense that someone was in need of something more than someone else was lost. The sense that a soul belonged to two bodies was also gone and replaced with personal “instinctive feelings.” It seemed like the majority of people were born with insufficient curiosity, even about their own fate. New developments with the advent of NOF and AFZH brought both joy and fear. Everyone was in pursuit of their own dislocated place. When a problem surfaced contradictory solutions were applied, expecting that with ideological problems there would always be new problems.
In those days the villagers talked about the same things over and over. There were days when those around you, those who you could greet and look at, had a different expression on their faces, happy or sad. And it was a great wonder that from then to this day the Rudino villagers, as well as the villagers from the surrounding villages, did not change one bit. But from them were born informers, traitors, hypocrites, petty profiteers, bootlickers and all kinds of miserable traitors, who, for some unknown reason, acted as foreign agents and represented foreign interests. The majority of the people that the villagers called “tainted by communism” participated in all the village boards and newcomer Organizations.
They felt like they were national institutions. All this was like a festival to them, with some kind of amusement park type nationalist consciousness. The idea of calling people to join the revolution was meaningless and empty because such an idea was strange to them. The cynicism that CPY would truly care for the Macedonian people can be expressed in the following words: “In 1944-1945 Yugoslavia wanted to solve its own internal problems” and used the opportunity to do it. But there were also other categories of people who were “careful and untainted” and who removed themselves from the world of politics.
One Good Friday evening, in the spring of 1946, we sat on wooden benches in the village square in Rudino under the large tree, singing old Macedonian revolutionary songs. I noticed Sotir Gaidov’s intelligent, dark eyes circling around and then stop on my face. He looked at me and smiled gently, maybe because I was the youngest of the village bachelors. He had just returned from the island Makronisos, where he was imprisoned after being sentenced to death. There he spent a long time in solitary confinement. Makronisos was a place of pain and suffering, where convicted people were sent to suffer before being put to death.
The reason that the Greek government sent people to Makronisos was to make them give up their political and national beliefs, denounce the Communist Party and lead them into physical and mental exhaustion so that they would feel hopeless and would reach a point where they would no longer want to live. Prisoners remained in solitary confinement until dawn, until after the executions took place. One time they asked Sotir, “What kind of execution do you prefer?” Sotir told them, “I want to be beaten to death so that while I think about it I can write my last song for the woman of my heart…” The executioners then asked: “Let’s hear your song.” But clever Sotir said, “Sorry, I can’t do that because I am afraid you will burn my lips…”
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Sometimes Sotir sang songs loudly about Ilinden and wrote letters to the woman he loved: “... My desire for you my dear is not to wear black, not to cry for me and not to wail when you hear the bad news.”
Each prisoner was repeatedly interrogated and tortured and then asked to sign a statement of repentance, declaring that he no longer cared for their ideals and beliefs. These methods were introduced before the Metaxas dictatorship (1939-1940). Prisoners could be released and sent home and even avoid the death penalty if they gave up their ideals. Sotir Gaidov did exactly that but after that he was no longer trusted; not even by his closest friends. Everyone became suspicious of him so the man lost his self-confidence.
In his statement of repentance Sotir wrote: “I declare that I denounce the Communist Party and that I am ashamed of being its follower. I also call on all the misguided young people not to trust the Communists...” Now they say that Sotir Gaidov is a man who, in such moments, does not share his thoughts or his facial expressions with others. This man is not like other people and now he doesn’t even believe in God and has given up on the church and on crossing himself, just like all us ambitious people full of ideological activism.
Sotir said: “My generation was shaped by protests, by the policemen’s rod, by hope generated by Communist ideas and by the 1903 Ilinden Uprising. I gave up religion, because I was very sad and to this day I carry guilt towards my father, Pop Gligor Gaidov, who was very devout to the end of his life. My idea of God was that: God should be flawless and uniquely perfect and as we Communists used to say; God is not perfect. Only the communist leaders, born of the people, could have flawless and perfect qualities. But the worst thing about many villagers was not that they no longer wanted to believe in God, but that they had recently begun to lose faith in their communist leaders; the ‘new gods’.”
Sotir had long ceased to believe in such gods. If I ever had the chance, I would ask him: “What do you think it means to have unhappy people? Wanderers!” We Macedonians still did not have such a great man who understood our needs, the misery of our people and who knew how to properly establish programs and national priorities for our nation. Later I was convinced that the communist movement (CPG) possessed such strategies, and most of those strategies converged with our national traditions (had the same purpose) but then the same CPG, after the Second World War, showed us Macedonians a different and very ugly face...
Now, after the Belgrade agreement was concluded between Tito and Zahariadis, the Macedonian organizations NOF and AFZH were no longer relevant to the CPY or to the CPG. It seems that both wanted them crushed and made incapable of creating a “new national consciousness” outside of their Parties. The CPG continued to invent problems with the Macedonians creating arguments and counter arguments pushing the Macedonian people to falsify their own history and to gradually discard significant fragments from their centuries old national heritage. For example, all Macedonians who were mobilized in the ranks of DAG, the CPG called “Slavo-Macedonians”. But the frightening thing about that was that the CPG expected these so-called “Slavo-Macedonians” to speak only Greek and only use their Greek names when they were sent to Headquarters in southern Greece.
These people in the CPG had slowly become “our” gods and the “bosses” of our NOF and AFZH Organizations in all of our Macedonian villages. These people were asking the Macedonian people to become disciples of Marx. These same people, through NOF and AFZH, convinced us that religion, ethnicity and myth were pre-industrial forces which would lose their importance as factors of historic change. They used propaganda against the basic principles of conservatism, perfectly placed by William Faulkner who said: “The past is never dead. It is not even past.” Now these very same people preached SOVIET-IZATION, a strange idea, given that Macedonia and the Macedonian people were divided and that their unifying factors were the CPY and the CPG, which were based on...? “God help us all!” Were they now implementing ideas born of Tito and Stalin? It seems that they were manipulating thoughts and feelings and creating double creatures and double faces out of the Macedonian villagers and slowly making them do things that had nothing to do with our interests.
3.
One day Sotir Gaidov was sitting alone under the big tree in the village square looking at its grandiose branches. He had an expression of wonder and disbelief on his face; looking like he had been cheated. He sometimes sat under the old tree until it was dark, scrolling through his notes and searching for recollections of what he had already read and feeling as if history had just thundered by his side: Ilinden was so heroic, so great, yet so little was known. But now, years later, he looked at allegiances and loyalties with bitterness. He felt pain in his soul and he could not believe the actions of the AFZH activists, always eager to recruit more Macedonian women so that they could push them into the fire of a most disgusting type of war.
The kind of war that would leave the Macedonian house desolate, the Macedonian family and its traditions of matriarchate disfigured. And this was not done by Greeks. The Greeks didn’t have the desire to form such organizations that would push Greek women into hatred and into a murderous war. Sotir Gaidov thought about this a great deal. He thought about how Tito’s Yugoslavia had pushed us into an undesirable situation; a situation not chosen by the will of the Macedonian people but a situation that would slowly and slyly push us into genocide.
Sotir stared at me coolly without saying a word. He looked very tired. Obviously he had endured a lot, all those years, closed in and isolated in those dry rocky Greek islands. I looked at him and respectfully asked: “Is there something you want to tell me?” Silently he shook his head and then said: “Nothing boy, I have nothing to tell you…” as though he lacked the words and the energy to speak, he continued to look at me with grace and confidence, as an old friend of my father’s and of our family. He and my father were baptized in the same water when they were babies.
I went closer to greet him and said: “It looks to me like you want to say something…” Sotir went deep into thought. I then said: “Will you at least allow me to ask you something I have wanted to ask you for a long time?” “Okay,” he said, so I continued: “Do you think that we Macedonians, with NOF and AFZH in place, will be able to determine our own future or will their actions make us disappear and be uprooted from the land of our great grandfathers?”
Sotir shook his head and began to talk: “Ah, I see that you too are feeling the same? Politics are a really cruel thing, you’re here today gone tomorrow. It is sad that now, after the Second World War, we are being cheated with NOF and AFZH. We are being cheated because, as you know, the world is polarized, divided by large forces and the Iron Curtain has been lowered. It should be clear to us Macedonians, that by what NOF and AFZH are doing we could end up starting a new war for which, I am afraid, we will be sacrificing ourselves for foreign interests.
Today the whole world knows that Tito (CPY) and Zahariadis (CPG) got together in Belgrade and made plans to start a Civil War in Greece but where were the Macedonians while these plans were made? Worse than that is that after Tito and Zahariadis made these plans, Kolishevski (CPM) in Skopje gathered all the NOF and AFZH leaders and told them: ‘Now you can go back to Aegean Macedonia and take orders from the CPG and please trust them because their policies regarding Macedonian issues are clear. Any question that may arise will be decided by the leadership of the Party. Be careful not to splinter as a faction within the Party and always stay under the leadership of the CPG. Work hard towards strengthening your unity with the Greek people and fight any and all forces against chauvinism, separatism and localized tendencies.’
This is exactly what was placed around our necks and how the ideological noose of communism was then tightened. This noose or slave chain was created by the CPY and bound around our necks by Kolishevski and the CPM, plunging us into this cruel, bloody and Godless Greek Civil War which, why it took place, is unclear to this day. Would you or anyone believe that Lazo Kolishevski did not know what he was doing? Did Kolishevski not know that all the ideological leaders of the Greek Civil War were Greeks? Did Kolishevski really believe that more than 70% of the war participants were colonists (Pontians or Madzhiri) brought to Macedonia in 1924? Or did he really not know that we Macedonians did not participate in CPG policy making, or that there was not a single Macedonian in the politburo or sitting on the CPG’s Central Committee? How could Kolishevski not have known that there was not a single Macedonian in the list of senior personnel (generals, colonels and political commissars) at General Headquarters that led DAG? I am sure Kolishevski knew all of these things!
Why then did he give NOF and AFZH instructions to ‘induct’ the entire Macedonian nation en masse under his slogan: ‘Not a single Macedonian must be found outside of the Organizations NOF and AFZH!’ And the basic message passed on to the Macedonian people: ‘WHO, IF NOT US?’ And ‘WHEN, IF NOT NOW?’ By doing this under Kolishevski’s directive, we, the Macedonians under Greece, gave the Greeks and the CPG reason to commit “soft ethnic cleansing” against our organizations and against our people. Was there no one among us able to see what was happening there? I guess we were too busy running to the CPY and to the CPG for answers! It seems to me that this was one of the worst and deadliest ideological frauds committed against us in the history of our existence. What do you think?”
Sotir looked at me curiously and before I had a chance to answer, he said: “Ever since the world came into existence, there existed a type of people whose main preoccupation was allegiance. They were a congenial element regardless of their gender. Well, now we have the people of AFZH. But among the activists of NOF and AFZH there are also those who are intoxicated with their own power and those who have forgotten what was done to the Macedonian people and who have lost contact with reality. The power that these leaders possess, regardless of the level they are at or the leadership role they play comes from their supporters, in whose basis lays the character of distribution of power which, among other things, is self regenerating the moment they profit from it, especially those who do not directly possess any power.
These types of personalities have little concern for whether they have real friends, sincere partners, close people with whom they can share sorrow, pain, or joy. People who talk about things usually talk about things that concern them, that bother them. They talk about things that hurt them, make them anxious and insecure and disappoint them. Now, after this, there will be new ways to communicate between us Macedonians. We will be saying to each other: Who are you and to whom do you belong? And with whom have you been so far? And above us there will be those who will fight for a new order and demand a servile attitude from us Macedonians.
To understand the causes and Tito’s motive for involving himself in Greek affairs after the Second World War, requires thorough research. To assume that the Yugoslav leaders acted on internationalist impulses alone is not very convincing. Why? Because most problems began to intensify in the fall of 1948, just after Yugoslavia started to lean more towards the Western powers. For us Macedonians, this new world is a big aggressive arena, or perhaps it was always like that, but now for the first time I see things up close and I understand that the stronger you are the more aggressive you appear, the bigger muscles you have the more intimidating you look.
A new world is being created in which there is no place for small nations, no place for honesty and innocence and no place for principles. Wars are now managed by the great powers and small nations have to adapt or be left out of the ring. That is exactly what I wanted to say, which directly applies to our NOF and AFZH. If they do the right thing and give up this ‘adventure’ perhaps they may save our people and preserve our fatherland. History has taught us that many such people played key roles in the fate of the Macedonian people, of course, always with negative consequences. As times change they too need to adapt, to take a particular form, but remain essential in order to survive in the stinking armpits of foreigners.
Circumstances may have been different in other times, but nonetheless, they present themselves during wars as they have today, after this war. Today, it seems, circumstances appear to manifest themselves periodically, as required. This, it seems, is done in turbulent times, when the world is divided into spheres of influence by the great powers. Many key decisions have been made and important events have taken place that have affected the fate of many European people, all this done in the interest of the great powers in a world in which it would be difficult to see what future there is for the Macedonian people. I am saddened by NOF’s and AFZH’s lack of attention, naivety and mindlessness. They are drunk on someone else’s power and propaganda and are unable to see the brutal and the painful side of what they are doing.
The principles of dominance of the bullies are again coming to the surface. Belgrade and the CPG have put a lot of pressure on the weak NOF and AFZH activists to join DAG and to make fundamental changes to Macedonian national programs. Today’s scum, coming out of the bowels of the Rudino villagers, are part of the Macedonian people and are disguised in various forms ranging from “quasi-revolutionaries” to old “political figures”. They are predominantly led by local Balkan centres of power and work in local Party centres similar to those of NOF and AFZH.
Such people work from the inside and understand the mentality of our people, they know their habits, ways of thinking. This makes them very dangerous. They know how to influence and wait for the signal, the red light, and upon receiving the signal they immediately go into action doing their part. They deliver blows from the inside because they know where it hurts the most. Their goal is to exhaust our people and bring them to their knees. Those were the instructions given, particulary to those who had come from Yugoslavia, to open the doors for the Greek reactionaries so that they could take bloody revenge against ordinary and innocent Macedonian villagers. And that is exactly what they did!
4.
With victory over fascism, the Varkiza agreement was signed, which called for ELAS to surrender its arms and for the installation of a new Greek government in Athens. A police force and units of the national defense force were installed throughout Greece. The British installed a new government in Greece and gave its security forces the authority to liquidate what they considered to be ‘enemy elements’. The new gendarmes started arresting people and charging them with murder. Soldiers and gendarmes continued to seek and destroy communist paraphernalia and pictures of Stalin and other communist leaders. The National Guard went on various military expeditions harassing villages, beating people, arresting without warrants, pillaging and burning houses and killing people. Frightened by these sudden and unprovoked attacks, many villagers fled their villages and took to the mountains to hide; abandoning their jobs, homes and families.
A great and inhuman terror against the population was initiated in Greece particularly against ELAS, against Macedonian organizations and especially against those Macedonians who wished to maintain their Macedonian identity. The terror was mainly carried out by the special units brought to Greece from Cairo along with the King and the dictator Georgios Papandreou. The special units were trained to fight against guerrillas and as such were named “Mavroskufides” (Black Hats) who persecuted the population without mercy. Many people were beaten and shot and many more were imprisoned without trial. They did this to make it easier for the state apparatus to consolidate its power over the people. This great “tromokratia” (national terror) was especially aimed against those who participated in the so called “SNOF” movement who were hunted down and murdered without mercy.
It was this “national terror” that sparked the so-called Greek Civil War which divided our people, destroyed families, kinship and friendships and ultimately pushed us onto the brink of extinction, making many of us permanent wanderers of the planet. One side of our divide, people said the communists were the real patriots and “saviors of our nation” and the other side said that these people were just “commie” traitors. The villagers caught in the middle were always disillusioned, always looking behind their shoulders, always being careful not to say anything that might be misunderstood. One word out of place and they might lose their head or their house may be burned down. It was exactly at those times when they needed help from NOF and AFZH. Unfortunately at exactly those times NOF and AFZH were unable to help them.
Глава 2.
Од прегратките на КПЈ во прегратките на КПГ
Врз основа на договорот меѓу Тито (КПЈ) и Захаријадис (КПГ) од 14 октомври 1946 година, набргу пристигнаа претставниците Караиванов (6) од КПЈ и Јоанидис од КПГ и ја прогласија следната спогодба: “Македонската организација НОФ (АФЖ и НОМС) и нејзиното раководство поминуваат во целост под КПГ, а вооружените од НОФ, малите македонски единици, поминуваат под команда во ДАГ и под раководство на генерал Маркос (7)”.
Пак диктат, послушност и свиен ‘рбет.
1.
Мај 1946 година, шурнаа големите дождови врз селските куќи, улиците се наполнија и од нив истекуваше голема вода како грозоморна и горчлива река. Глибаа селаните низ матните води, а добитокот одвај исплива, но некои од послабите добичиња беа однесени од водата.
Ова беше прва пролет на големите потопи.
Потоа се појавија стравотни водни стии и со своите грозоморни сенки и морничави пиштења ги нагризуваа мајските ноќи, чиниш сакаа на селаните да им ги урнат домовите, да им ги избришат спомените, да им го помрачат умот пред Бога.
2.
Селото Рудино, по верување, беше поделено на два табора и тогаш настанаа конфликти и раздор. Предвоеното чувство на колективност, пријателството и дарежливоста кога меѓу селаните се даруваше и тоа што на секој му требаше повеќе отколку на некој друг, се изгубија, она што претставуваше душа во две тела, се се изгуби и завладеаја “инстинктивните чувства”. Дури и поголем дел од луѓето беа родени како недоволно љубопитни за судбината што ги чека.
Новите настани со доаѓањето на НОФ и АФЖ предизвикаа и радост и страв. Се беше во потрага по своето исчанчено место. Проблемот се појви и се очекуваа спротивни мисли дека идеолошките проблеми ќе раѓаат нови проблеми.
Во тие денови селаните зборуваа само за исти нешта. Имаше денови кога тие околу тебе, тие со кои можеше да се поздравиш, да ги гледаш, имаа различен израз на лицата, радосен или тажен. И, за големо чудо, оттогаш до ден-денешен селаните од Рудино и од околните села не се променија ни трошка. Од нив се изродија се некакви кодоши, предавници, лицемери, ситни профитери, подлизурковци и какви уште не мизерни изроди кои, како по некое правило, застапуваат туѓи агенти и интереси.
Тие луѓе, кои селаните ги нарекуваа “расипани од комунизмот”, го сочинуваа мнозинството од учесниците во сите селски одбори на овие новодојдени организации.
И, според нив, се именуваа како национални институции. Сето тоа беше како на панаѓур, со некаква лунапарковска националистичка свест. Самиот факт дека народот се повикуваше на револуција, во крајна линија беше бесмислен и шуплив, зашто идејата беше туѓа. Цинизмот на КПЈ за грижата за Македонците може да се изрази со еден збор: Југославија во 1944-1945 година сакаше да си ги реши внатрешните проблеми.
Меѓутоа, имаше и друга категорија луѓе, “внимателни и нерасипани”, кои апстинираа од светот на политиката.
Една пролетна вечер во1946 година, на Велик петок, на сретсело во Рудино, под големиот чинар, седевме на дрвени столчиња и пеевме стари македонски и револуционерни песни. Забележав како темните интелигентни очи на Сотир Гајдов, кружејќи наоколу, запреа на моето лице. Тој ме гледаше со блага насмевка, можеби затоа што бев најмладиот од селските ергени.
Тој тукушто беше вратен од островот Макронисос, каде што бил осуден на смрт и долго лежел во самица, а тоа било место на болка и мачеништво, каде што страдаат осудените луѓето сами пред својата смрт.
Целта на власта била да го натера да се откаже од своите политички и национални уверувања и од Комунистичката партија и да го доведе до таква физичка и психичка исцрпеност, што нивото на безнадежноста ќе достигне до точка да биде подготвен да умре.
Во самицата останал се до зори, кога се извршувале стрелањата.
Еднаш го прашале: “Каква смрт сакаш?”
Сотир им одговорил: “Ве молам, сакам да ме убиете за да ја напишам последната песна за жената на моето срце…”
Екзекуторите му рекле: “Да ја чуеме!”
Тој кратко им одговорил: ”Не ја пеам од страв да не ми ги изгори усните…”
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Понекогаш гласно пеел илинденски песни и ги пишувал писмата до љубената:
“…желбата ми е да не носиш црнила, да не плачиш да не редиш кога ќе ја чуеш лошата вест”.
За секој затвореник, изјавите на покајување биле клучна фаза во процесот на иследувањето и малтретирањето на затворениците, тие методи биле воведени уште при владењето на Метаксасовата диктатура (1936 – 1940).
Затворениците можеле да бидат ослободени и пуштени дома, па дури и смртната казна да се замени доколку се откажат од своите идеи. Тоа го сторил и Сотир Гајдов, но по покајувањето беше доведен до разочарување и пред секого беше сомничав, човек со изгубена доверба, дури и за своите најблиски другари.
Тој во својата изјава за покајување напишал:
“Изјавувам дека ја осудувам Комунистичката партија и се срамам што бев најзин следбеник. Ги повикувам сите заведени млади да не им веруваат на комунистите…”
Сега за Сотир Гајдов велеа дека тој е човек кој и во такви мигови, својата мисла, својот израз на лицето не ги споделува со другите. Тој човек не е како другите и сега дури не верува ни во Господ. Значи, Гајдов одмна расчистил со црквата и со крстењето. Како и сите ние задоените од идеолошкиот активизам.
Тој вели:
-Мојата генерација беше формирана од протестите и полициски палките, од надежите генерирани не само од комунистичките идеи туку и од Илинденското востание во 1903 година. Се откажав од религијата, поради што многу жалам до ден-денес носам вина спрема татко ми, поп Глигор Гајдов, кој беше многу набожен до крајот на животот.
Сум тврдел: Господ треба да е безгрешен, и единствено совршен, а ние комунистите велевме дека не е, а дека такви безгреши и совршени биле само комунистичките Водачи, родени од народот. Но за многумина од селаните не е најлошото тоа што тој сега не сака да верува во Господ, туку тоа што во последно време почнува да ја губи вербата во лицето на комунистистичките Водачи – “новите богови”.
Тој одамна престана да верува во таквите богови. Кога би имал можност, сигурно би ги прашал:
“Каква е смислата на нивното создавање на несреќни луѓе? – Талкачи!”
Ние Македонците се уште немаме таков голем човек кој ги разбира потребите на времето, бедата на својот народ, кој умее правилно да ги утврди причините и националните приоритети.
Подоцна, се убедив дека комунистичкото движење (КПГ) имаше многу патишта кон стратегијата, и повеќето од нив беа конвергирани со национални традиции (заемно се приближуаваа, се стремеа кон иста цел), но потоа се покажа дека нас Македонците по Втората светска војна, таа иста КПГ крвно не гонеше…
Сега, по спогодбата во Белград, склучена меѓу Тито и Захаријадис, македонските организации НОФ и АФЖ го изгубија своето соочување со политичкото насилство од КПГ и КПЈ. Тие сега се задушени и не можат да создаваат ’нова национална свест’, надвор од овие партии. КПГ ќе става безброј препирки и од нас Македонците ќе бара сами да ја фалсификуваме историјата и постепено да отфрламе значаен фрагмент од националното вековно наследство.
Ете, на пример, сите Македонци што се мобилизираат во редовите на ДАГ се именуваат како Славомакедонци, но уште пострашното е дека тие што ги праќаат во штабовите во длабината на Грција им сугерираат да зборуваат само грчки, да си ги кажуваат имињата и презимињата на грчки.
Причините се јасни!...
Но нејасно е тоа што тие стануваат и “наши” богови, поставени и наредбодавци на организациите НОФ и АФЖ во сите македонски села и посакуват Македонците да ги направат следбеници на Маркс. Нофитие и афежистките и инсистираа дека религијата, митот и етницитетот биле прединдустриски сили што ќе ја загубат својата важност како фактори што ја менуваат историјата. Тие пропагираа против основните начелата на конзервативизмот што совршено беа поставени од Вилијам Фокнер: “Минатото никогаш не е мртво. Тоа дури не е минато”. Сега проповедаа СОВЕТИЗАЦИЈА, чудни прашања, имајќи ја предвид специфичноста по поделата на Македонија и Македонците, чии обединувачки структури беа КПЈ и КПГ, што се засновуваа врз… “Бог да чува!”
Тие сега спроведуваат решенија што ги донеле Тито или Сталин. Манипулираат со мислата и чувствата, и од селаните прават двојни суштества и двојни ликови и полека во нив се јавуваат изроди и немаат ништо заедничко со нашиот интерес.
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Еден ден Сотир Гајдов седеше сам под големиот чинар и гледаше во старото разгрането дрво. Со измамени чувства на чудење и неверување. Тој понекогаш останува таму до глувата рудинска ноќ ги прелистува своите белешки и пребарува по сеќавањата на прочитаното, а чувствува дека покрај него татни историјата: Илинденското е толку херојско, толку величествено, а толку малку познато. Но, сега гледа со горчина на поданството и на изневероноста. Чувствува болка во душата и не може да се начуди поради пропагирањето што го вршат афежистките кои посакуваа да ја турната македонската жена во оган и во најгнасната војна. Да ја опустошат македонската куќа, да ги обезличат македонското семејство и неговите традиции на матријархатот, а тоа не го прават Грците и ниту им паѓа на памет да формираат такви организации што би ги турнале Гркинките во омраза и убиствена војна.
Размислува Сотир Гајдов за овој голем пораз, што ни го донесоа нашите од Титова Југославија, а не е по волјата на Македонците и дека сето тоа полека и итро не турка во сопствен геноцид.
Ме опули молкум и ладно ме гледаше.
Изгледаше смртно уморен. Веројатно многу претрпрел, со години, затурен на сувите каменити грчки острови.
Се загледав кон него со почит и го прашав:
-Нешто сакате да ми кажете?
Молкум одмавна со главата и рече:
-Ништо, момче, јас ништо, само така… - чиниш му недостигаа зборови.
Ме гледа милосно и со доверба, како стар пријател на татко ми и на нашето семејство. Тој и татко ми на млади години биле побратимени и крстени во една вода.
Доближувајќи се да се поздравам, му велам:
-Но се разбира дека сакате нешто да ми кажете.
Но сега Гајдов длабоко се замисли.
-Или ќе ми дозволите јас да ве прашам нешто што навистина одамна сакам да ве прашам:
-Дали ние Македонците по доаѓањето на НОФ и АФЖ ќе си ја одредиме сопствената иднина или со оваа нивна акција ќе не снема од овие наши прадедови корени?
Кимна со главата и почна да зборува:
-Зар и ти го чувствуваш тоа?
Политиката е навистина сурова работа, денес си тука утре те нема.
За жал, и сега, по Втората светска војна, со НОФ и АФЖ пак сме измамени, кога светот е поделен од големите сили и е спуштена железната завеса. Но нам, на Македонците, еднаш треба да ни стане јасно дека со овоа што го прават НОФ и АФЖ, ние можеме да падниме во нова војна и само ќе се саможртвуваме за туѓи интереси.
Денес цел свет знае дека во Белград се договараат Тито (КПЈ) и Захаријадис (КПГ) како ќе се развива Граѓансаката војна, а нас Македонците не нема. Но, најстрашното е тоа што по постигнатата спогодба меѓу Тито и Захаријадис, Колишевски (КПМ) во Скопје ги собрал водачите на НОФ и АФЖ и им рекол: “Сега вие одете долу (во егејскиот дел на Македонија). КПГ е вашиот раководител. Да имате верба во нив. Нејзината политика за македонското прашање е јасна. Какво било прашање што ќе ви се појави, ќе го решавате со раководството на Партијата. Внимавајте, не одите како фракција во Партијата, туку да се ставите под нејзино раководство. Борете се за зацврстување на борбеното единство со грчкиот народ, и борете се сите и со сите сили против шовинизмот, сепаратизмот и локалистичките тенденции”.
Ете кој ни ја стави на врат и добро ни ја затегна идеолошката јамка на комунизмот. Токму таа јамка направена од КПЈ, сега врзана од Колишевски (КПМ) во Граѓанската војна беше најсурова, најкрвава и најбезбожна. Ропски синџир – неразјаснет до ден-денес.
Може ли некој да поверува дека Л. Колишевски не знаел (или знаел) дека идеолошките водачи на Граѓанската војна беа само Грци и тоа повеќе од 70% беа колонисти (пондии – маџири) кои беа донесени во Македонија 1924 година и дека ние Македонците не учествуваме во креирањето на политиката на КПГ и дека во составот на ЦК на КПГ и во Полит-бирото немаше ниту еден Македонец. Како можел да не знае дека нема ниту еден Македонец од високите кадри (Генерали, полковници и политкомесари) на Главниот штаб на Демократската армија – ДАГ?
Како можел да дава инструкции на НОФ и АФЖ да го повикуваат Македонскиот народ на масовност со своите пароли:
“Ниту еден Македонец не треба да се најде надвор од организациите НОФ и АФЖ! И основната порака кон Македонците им била: КОЈ, АКО НЕ НИЕ? И КОГА, АКО НЕ СЕГА?”.
Со таквата насилна масовност, ние Македонците под Грција дозволивме “мекото етничко чистење” да се отвори преку КПГ и сами да си ја испишуваме црната страна на црвената книшка.
-Зар сето ова не го потврдува феноменот на нашата поданичка свест? Де кон КПЈ де кон КПГ?
Ми се чини дека ова е најстрашната смртоносна идеолошка измама. Што мислите вие?
Гајдов ме погледна љубопитно и ми вели:
-Откако постои свет и век, постои и една чудна сорта луѓе чија основна професија е поданството. Тие се со вроден елемент, па дури и независно од полот. Ете, сега имаме и афежистки.
Но меѓу активистите на НОФ и АФЖ имаме моќници и поданици кои беа и се уште се опиени од сопствената моќ и овој тип луѓе имаат заборавено што е направено со македонскиот народ, реално ги имаат изгубено контактите со реалноста, било да се поданици на КПЈ или на КПГ.
Силата на овие лидери, независно од нивото и лидерството, произлегува од нивните поддржувачи, во чија основа е карактерот на дистрибуцијата на моќта која, покрај другото, се самообновува во мигот кога од неа профитираат и оние кои не ја поседуваат директно.
Овој тип личности се помалку се грижат за тоа дали имаат вистински пријатели, искрени соработници, блиски луѓе со кои ќе можат да ги споделат тагата, болката или, секојдневните животни радости. Луѓе кои ќе си поприкажат за она што било некогаш и со кои, дури и молкома, ќе помуабетат за она што ги мачи, притиска, гризе, што ги прави несигурни, нервозни или разочарани.
Сега, по ова, меѓу нас Македонците ќе настане ново пребројување: чиј си и кој си? И со кого си бил досега? Борба за ново престројување, и од Македонците се бараше сервилно и ропско расположение.
Но согледувањето на причините и мотивите на Тито за таквата инволвираност во грчките работи по Втората светска војна бара опстојно истражување. Објаснувањето на југословенските раководители дека тоа го правеа само од интернационалистички побуди не е многу убедливо. Зошто? Затоа што проблемите почнаа да се зголемуваат во есента 1948 година, кога Југославија почна да влегува се повеќе во прегратката на западните сили.
Овој нов свет, за нас Македонците, се повеќе станува голема агресивна арена, а можеби и отсекогаш било така, ама сега прв пат ги гледам работите одблиску, и сфаќам дека колку си поагресивен толку си појак, колку поголеми мускули имаш толку повеќе можеш да заплашуваш. Сега се создава свет во кој веќе нема место за малите народи, нема место за искрено и наивно достоинство, нема место за принципиелност. Во овие војни, со кои управуваат големите сили, на малите народи им преостанува или да се приспособат или да го напуштат рингот.
Токму тоа сакам да кажам, дека тоа важи за нашите НОФ и АФЖ. Ако го сторат тоа и се откажат од таквите авантури, можеби ќе ги зачуваме народот и татковот огниште.
Историјата кажува дека многу изроди одиграле клучни улоги за судбината на македонскиот народ, се разбира, секогаш со негативни последици.
Како што се менуваат времињата така и тие се приспособуваат кон состојбата, земаат одредена форма, но суштински остануваат да преживуваат во смрдливите прегратки на туѓинците.
Се јавувале во најразлични форми тогаш, а се јавуваат и денес. Се појавувале и во војната, но се појавуваат и денес, по завршување на војната. Денес се појавуваат по потреба, периодично, но сега тоа го прават во овие бурни времиња, кога светот е поделен од големите сили на сфери на влијане – токму во нивни интерес и тоа се битни случувања, кога се донесуваат клучни одлуки за судбината на многу европски народи, а ние не можеме да ја согледаме иднината на македонскиот народ.
Ме растажуваат невнимнанието, наивноста или непромисленоста на НОФ и на АФЖ. Тие, опиени од туѓата пропаганда, не можат да ја согледаат другата страна на животот, која е посурова и поболна. Принципите на доминација на посилниот пак излегоа на површина. Белград и КПГ силно ги притиснаа немоќните активисти на НОФ и АФЖ за да се приклучат во ДАГ и да извршат коренити измени националните програмски цели на Македонците.
Денешните изроди, излезени од утробата на селаните од Рудино, се дел од македонскиот народ и се маскирани во разни форми: од “квазиреволуционери”, излитени “политиканти” до слични на нив модерни душегрижници. Претежно се водени од локалните балкански центри на моќта а одработуваат и локални партиски центри слични на НОФ и АФЖ. Тие се тука, внатре, го познаваат менталитетот на народот, му ги познаваат навиките, начинот на размислувањето, и затоа се многу опасни. Затоа и знаат како да дејствуваат, го чекаат само сигналот, црвената светлина, и веднаш се ставаат во функција. Ги задаваат ударите однатре, знаат каде боли најмногу, целта им е да го истоштат народот, да го турнат на колена. Такви им се иструкциите на овие наши што се дојдени од Југославија, кои и даваа шанси на црната грчка реакција крваво да се пресметува со обичниот македонски селанец.
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Со победата над фашизмот, во Варкиза се потпиша договорот и настана предавањето на оружјето од ЕЛАС, почна инсталирањето на новата власт. Се поставуваа полициски сили и одреди на националната одбрана низ цела Грција. Власта и Англичаните им дадоа на овие сили карактер на безбедносни баталјони за чистење и ликвидација на непријателските елементи.
“Новата жандармерија” апси под обвинение за “убиства”. Војниците и жандармеријата продолжуваа да ги кинат сликите на генералисимусот Сталин и на грчките комунистичките лидери. Националната гарда и разни експедициони воени одреди вршат претепувања, апсат без налог, палат куќи, вршат кражби и убиства. На селаните им преостанува да се кријат во планините, а тоа значи дека македонското семејство не владее со својата куќа.
Во Грција почна уште поголем и нечовечки терор против населението, посебно над македонското, и против учесниците на ЕЛАС, како и против македонските организации, комитите и се што посакуваше да има македонски идентитет. Таквиот терор го вршат специјалните единици кои беа вратени од емиграција во Каиро заедно со кралот и со диктарорт Георгиос Папандреу. Тие беа организирани како специјални единици за борба против герилата и се нарекуваа “Мавроскуфидес” (Црнокапци) кои без милост го гонеа населението; со затворање, тепање и стрелање без судење на луѓето што се протиставуваа. Тоа го правеа за да можат полесно да го оформат државниот апарат и да ја зацврстат власта. Големата тромократија (народен терор), особено против тие што беа учесници во движењето на СНОФ и комитите, беа уништувани без милост.
Така почна војната, ги подели луѓето, ги уништи семејствата, роднинските врски, пријателството. Од едната страна велеа дека се вистинските патриотите “спасителите на нацијата”, а од другата беа “комуњарите”, предавниците.
Селаните секогаш беа на штрек, секогаш проверуваа наоколу пред да кажат нешто. Еден збор што не е наместо и можеше да му летне главата или да му се запали куќата. Токму во таквото време не можеа да помогнат ни НОФ ни АФЖ.
6 Караиванов бил специјален Титов разузнавач, агент на советската НКВД и инструктор на Коминтерната.
7 Непосредни соработници и инструктори на генерал Маркос Вафијадис биле и: Ѓуза Радовиќ, Обрад Трниниќ, Мишо Врбица, Велимир Доцниќ, Светислав Стојановиќ и Петар Луциќ, сите од КОС на Србија. (Види КОС и УДБА – Акциите и документите на тајните служби.)
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Dear Readers and friends,
Modern Greeks on one hand claim to be ethnically pure “Greeks” who have descended from the so-called “ancient Greeks” and on the other they claim “Macedonians don’t exist and those people living in the Republic of Macedonia are ‘Slavs’!” How can that be since, being neighbours, Macedonia and Greece not only have been without borders for over two millennia but both have been exposed to the same invasions, conquerors, settlers and ravishes of time.
Whatever happened in Macedonia happened in Greece. Historically this, without a doubt, can be proven. Sorry but Greece can’t have it both ways and I can’t emphasize this more strongly. The world needs to know the truth, particularly the Macedonian and Greek people. Both Macedonians and Greeks need to know that the Modern Greeks are just as diverse a collection of ethnicities as are the Macedonians. The truth is that all peoples in the Balkans are so mixed that only their politics makes them unique. And by that I mean that by living without borders, by mixing with one another and by being exposed to the same cultures we have become indistinguishable from one another except, of course, for our politics. This we all need to understand!
“Greeks” claim that they are “Greeks who descended from the Ancient Greeks from 2,500 years ago” but in reality they are related to all the Slav, Albanian and Vlach immigrants who descended upon the territory of modern Greece during the 7th, 11th to the 14th centuries. This will become obvious when you read this book.
The question that then begs to be asked is “What right do these Greek imposters and charlatans have to meddle in Macedonian affairs and to question the Macedonian identity when their own identity is fabricated, false and fake?”
Dear Macedonians, one way to defend ourselves from the Greek onslaught and gain back our identity and dignity is to fight back at the level to which the Greeks have reduced us; that is to attack their identity as they have attacked ours. We need prove nothing to them except to expose them as the artificial identity they truly are and to uncover their design to wipe us out in order to usurp our Macedonian heritage.
I have attached my latest book to this e-mail; a gift to the Macedonian cause, which I encourage you to read, share, pass on to your children, friends, relatives, human rights organizations and even to your Members of Parliament.
It is a powerful anti-Greek propaganda document which not only exposes the Greek lies and fraud perpetrated against the Macedonian people but also exposes the Greeks for who they are. It also provides a thorough analysis of the problems experienced by Macedonians with respect to Greece.
The book is a collection of 54 essays and quotes over 300 books and authors both modern and century old. No book like this has ever been written! It is yours for free to keep and share, post on your website; pass it on to the Macedonian government and use as you wish.
Pozdrav, Risto…
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Почитувани читатели и пријатели,
Модерните Грци, од една страна се тврди дека се етнички чисти "Грци", кои потекнуваат од т.н. "античките Грци", а од друга тие тврдат дека "Македонците не постојат и оние луѓе кои живеат во Република Македонија се 'Словените' ! "Како што може да биде, бидејќи, како соседи, Македонија и Грција не само што биле без граници за повеќе од два милениума, но и двете биле изложени на истиот инвазии, освојувачи, доселеници и ravishes на време.
Што се случи во Македонија се случи во Грција. Историски гледано ова, без сомнение, може да се докаже. Жал ми е, но Грција не може да се има и начини и не можам да го нагласуваат ова посилно. На светот му треба да ја знаат вистината, посебно на македонскиот и грчкиот народ. Македонците и Грците треба да знаете дека современите Грци се само како различни збирка на етнички групи како што се Македонците. Вистината е дека сите народи на Балканот се толку измешани дека само нивната политика ги прави единствени. А со тоа и мислам дека со тоа што живеел без граници, со мешање со еден на друг и со тоа што се изложени на истиот култури станавме разликува еден од друг, освен, се разбира, за нашата политика. Ова сите ние треба да се разбере!
"Грците" тврдат дека тие се "Грци кои потекнуваат од античките Грци од пред 2.500 години", но во реалноста тие се поврзани со сите словенски, албански и влашки имигранти кои се спушти врз територијата на денешна Грција во текот на 7-ми, 11-ти до 14 век. Ова ќе стане очигледно кога ќе ја прочитате оваа книга.
Прашањето што тогаш ја моли да се праша е "Што право не овие грчки измамници и шарлатаните треба да се мешаат во македонските работи и на прашањето на македонскиот идентитет кога нивниот сопствен идентитет е фабрикувани, лажни и лажни?"
Почитувани Македонци, еден начин да се браниме од грчкиот напад и да се добијат назад нашиот идентитет и достоинство е да го возвратат ударот на ниво на кое Грците ни се намали, а тоа е да го нападне својот идентитет, како тие се наши нападнати. Потребни ни се докаже ништо за да ги освен да ги изложуваат како вештачки идентитет тие навистина се и да ги открие нивниот дизајн да ни ја избришат со цел да се узурпираат нашето македонско наследство.
Јас го имам дадено мојот најнова книга на оваа e-mail; подарок за македонската кауза, што Јас ве охрабруваме да ги прочитате, споделување, давате на вашите деца, пријатели, роднини, организации за човекови права, па дури и до членовите на парламентот.
Таа е моќна анти-грчката пропаганда документ кој не само што се изложува грчката лаги и измами извршени врз македонскиот народ, но, исто така, се изложува на Грците за тоа кои се тие. Исто така, нуди темелна анализа на проблеми кои од страна на Македонците во однос на Грција.
Книгата е збирка од 54 есеи и цитати над 300 книги и автори и современите и век старата. Не книга како оваа досега не е напишана! Тоа е твое бесплатно да се задржи и да го споделат, ја објавите на вашиот сајт, да го давате на македонската Влада и да го користите колку што сакате.
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Redefining the Name Issue
By Jason Miko
July 19, 2012
On July 7 in Dubrovnik, US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon spoke at the Croatia Summit 2012. In his prepared remarks on Macedonia, Gordon began by stating “Macedonia’s name dispute with Greece continues to thwart its aspirations for NATO membership and the start of EU accession talks.” Notice the way Gordon defines the issue: “Macedonia’s name dispute with Greece….”
Notice how Gordon labels it as a possessive issue for Macedonia – it is Macedonia’s dispute. But that is completely incorrect. Macedonia has no dispute. It is the other way around: Greece has a dispute with Macedonia’s name….and Macedonia’s identity of course, the root of the problem. Gordon should have said “Greece’s dispute with Macedonia’s name continues to thwart its aspirations for NATO membership and the start of EU accession talks.” (He could add “and identity” but that would be asking the US State Department to do too much.)
Here’s my point – we need to redefine this issue and call it what it is: “Greece’s dispute with Macedonia’s name and identity is thwarting Macedonia’s ability to join NATO and the EU.” I would argue that it is always vital to add “identity” when speaking about the name issue.
Gordon goes on: “We were disappointed that NATO was unable to welcome Macedonia at the Chicago Summit. But as NATO is a consensus organization, Macedonia and Greece must first resolve their bilateral disagreement before the Alliance can fulfill the membership offer extended at the Bucharest Summit.” On the first issue – that he was “disappointed” – frankly, I don’t believe him. I think he simply doesn’t care anymore. He is tired, like all unelected diplomats are, with this issue.
An example from Europe: Just last week, the foreign ministers of Austria and Slovakia – like so many before them – wrote in the EU Observer that “We are aware that a name dispute is a central and highly sensitive - but bilateral issue - between two countries.”
On this issue – that of this being a “bilateral disagreement/issue,” I must vehemently disagree. It is “bilateral” only in the sense that one party, Greece, objects to another party, Macedonia. The dispute is, in essence, unilateral. Here’s my second point: we need to call it that. It is a unilateral dispute which Greece has with Macedonia.
And as a refresher course, what is the source of this disagreement/issue? I point back to UN Resolution 817 of April 7, 1993 which governs the entrance of Macedonia into the UN but under the fictitious “provisional and temporary reference.” In that resolution the UN notes that Macedonia has fulfilled all criteria for membership but also notes “Noting however that a difference has arisen over the name of the State, which needs to be resolved in the interest of the maintenance of peaceful and good-neighbourly relations in the region…”
The UN – in its infinite lack of wisdom or moral backbone – simply states that a “difference has arisen.” But from where does this difference come? The UN refuses to say. It refuses to lay blame. This is one reason why the UN is worth so little. Because it cannot take a position. The UN asks the world: follow me, for I stand for nothing.
Moving on. I went back and looked at previous US State Department statements and found a curious thing. In previous statements – in the past year – Gordon has made reference to “the ongoing dispute between Greece and Macedonia over the latter’s name” (April 14), and said, on November 15 of last year, “The name dispute with Greece continues to thwart Macedonia’s aspirations for NATO membership and the start of EU.” Even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s most recent statements on the issue do not lay blame with Macedonia. Witness what she said at the Chicago NATO Summit: “We strongly support a resolution of the ongoing name dispute and urge the parties to reach an agreement so Macedonia can join the alliance as soon as possible.”
At this point, I’m confused. Is Gordon postulating a new US position with his statement that Macedonia is at fault because Macedonia has a name dispute with Greece? If he does not mean that, then I would call upon the US State Department to clarify his statement. Quickly.
But it is what Gordon said after the summit that really shocked me. In an interview with Al Jazeera Gordon said “And I think once it [the name issue] was agreed people would stop obsessing over precisely what the formal name of the country was and they would get on with it as in so many other cases around the world.”
Frankly, I’m shocked. When I read it I could hardly believe what he said. “Obsessing over precisely what the formal name of the country was?” By deliberately using the loaded word “obsessing,” Gordon is attempting to belittle the Macedonians who hold their name and identity sacred. Another statement that needs to be clarified. I can tell you that the day that Americans stop “obsessing” over our name and identity will be the day that blood flows in the streets.
The identity and the name of the people are intertwined, the two are one. That is precisely why the name issue is so important and why the name of the country must remain what the people has chosen: the Republic of Macedonia. It is high time we make sure the elected and unelected around the world know that as well. No negotiation.
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Robin O’Neil: It's time for Macedonia to seek recognition in the UN under its constitutional name
By Bojana Dimitrijovska
August 4, 2012
Now is the right time for Macedonia to seek UN recognition under its constitutional name.
British diplomat and first mediator in the Greek dispute with Macedonia, Robin O’Neil, in an interview with “Porta” encouragingly suggested that the Republic of Macedonia has the option of bringing this issue directly to the General Assembly this year. He believes that the recognition will come with the following recommendation: - Skopje and Athens double their efforts to resolve the problem.
“From that aspect I think that the General Secretary’s recent visit to Macedonia conveys both meaning and support. Ban Ki-moon said that the current dispute is “sad” and should “immediately” be solved and that he himself is committed to helping,” said O’Neil.
According to O’Neil, Macedonia’s membership under its constitutional name should in no way conflict with Nimetz’s mission. But statements coming from some Greek politicians, after the General Secretary’s visit to Macedonia, O’Neil says, are not in line with the positive atmosphere expressed by Ban Ki-moon.
Macedonia’s entry into NATO and the EU and the final solution to the name dispute are related but not identical, noted the British diplomat. According to O’Neil the 1995 Interim Accord offered a solution to the first problem. One of the Accord articles stated that Greece would not hinder Macedonia’s accession into international organizations such as NATO and the EU under the reference “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.”
“The Hague International Court of Justice confirmed that Greece needs to respect its obligations and responsibilities. Up until now, as far as I am aware, Macedonia has not asked to join either of these two organizations under the reference ‘Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.’ I can understand the Macedonian government’s suspicion regarding the consequences of entering into these organizations under that inappropriate reference (‘Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’) in case it becomes permanent. However, we should remember that the Interim Agreement recognizes the “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’ only as a temporary reference,” said the former British diplomat.
O’Neil, first mediator in the bilateral dispute, believes that Greece must devote more effort to its dispute with Macedonia over the name.
“The Greek government should concentrate on the more serious problems it is facing and it should not be wasting its time. But, without delay, it should solve this purely artificial dispute which, generally speaking, is not against the security and prosperity of Greece, but rather it is an essential addition to it. I must admit that the name issue is a highly emotional and political issue (and that is why no one else can be accused except for the political parties of Greece).
According to O’Neil, Greeks will soon realize that the resolution of the dispute did them and their country no harm.
Робин О Нил: Време е Македонија да побара признавање во ОН под уставното име
04.08.2012 - 09:28 |
Вистинско време е Македонија да побара признавање во ОН под уставното име.
Британскиот дипломат и прв медијатор во македонско-грчкиот спор Робин О Нил во интервју за емисијата „Порта“ охрабрува дека земјава годинава пред Генералното собрание може да го изнесе ова прашање. Смета дека признавањето би одело со придружна препорака - Скопје и Атина да ги удвојат своите напори за решавање на проблемот.
- Од овој аспект сметам дека неодамнешната посета на Македонија од страна на генералниот секретар носи и значење и поддршка. Бан Ки Мун коментираше дека тековниот спор е “жалосен“, и дека треба “неодложно“ да се реши, како и дека тој самиот е посветен да помогне во тоа- рече О Нил.
Според него, членството под уставното име не треба на никој начин да се судира со мисијата на Нимиц. Но изјавите кои доаѓаат од некои грчки политичари по посетата на Генералниот секеретар на Македонија, О Нил вели дека не се во согласност со позитивната атмосфера на која Бан- Ки Мун повикуваше.
Влезот на Македонија во НАТО и ЕУ и конечното решение за спорот со името , се поврзани но не се идентични, потенцира британскиот дипломат. Привремената спогодба од 1995 според него нуди решение на првиот од двата проблеми. Потсетува на членот од Спогодбата во кој се вели дека Грција нема да го попречи приемот на Македонија во меѓународни организации како што се НАТО и ЕУ, под рефернцата ПЈРМ.
- Меѓународниот суд на правдата во Хаг, потврди дека Грција е обврзана да ја почитува оваа своја обврска. Досега, колку што ми е познато, Македонија нема поднесено барање да се приклучи кон ниедна од овие две организации под името ФИРОМ. Можам да ги сфатам сомневањата од страна на владата на Македонија за последиците од влез во овие организации под незадоволувачкото (несоодветно) име ФИРОМ, во случај тоа да остане трајно. Меѓутоа, треба да се запомни, дека Привремената спогодба го признава името ФИРОМ само како привремено име- посочува поранешниот британски дипломат.
Првиот медијатор во билатералниот спор смета дека Грција треба повеќе да се посвети на решавањето на спорот со името.
- Грчката влада треба да се концентрира на сериозните проблеми со кои се соочува и затоа не треба веќе да губи време. Но, треба без одлагање да реши еден чисто вештачки спор кој воопшто не е против безбедноста и просперитетот на Грција , туку напротив е суштински прилог кон„ тоа. Признавам дека прашањето за името е надувано во високо емотивен политички проблем (а за тоа не може никој друг да биде обвинет освен политичките партии на Грција.
Според О Нил, со решението на спорот Грците ќе сфатат дека тоа не им штети ниту на нив, ниту на нивната држава.Leave a comment:
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Macedonians are being chased out of Pustets
This is Albanian territory – Get out of Albania
November 18, 2012
According to a newspaper report, a group of people stormed into a local school and began to yell “This is Albania”, “These are Albanian lands”, “Get out of Albania”. This visibly upset the Macedonians living in Pustets.
A number of Albanian ultra-nationalist party activists, belonging to the Red-Black Alliance, along with twenty Albanian media people arrived at the Pustets Municipality on Friday and began to harass the local Macedonian population demanding that it leave Albania, insisting that these were Albanian lands and they did not belong there, reported Dnevnik.
According to the same report, a group of these people stormed into a local school and began to yell “This is Albania”, “These are Albanian lands”, “Get out of Albania”. The group went beyond yelling and posted stickers with the inscription “This is Albanian land” in all the bilingual municipalities. This visibly upset the Macedonians living in Pustets.
The Macedonian organizations and Macedonian political parties in Albania condemned the intrusion and called on the Albanian police to intervene. Unfortunately their calls were ignored.
The Albanian state is bound by agreement to respect the rights of its Macedonian minority, just like the Macedonian state respects the rights of the Albanian minority in Macedonia.
Ги бркале Македонците од Пустец: Ова е албанска земја - надвор од Албанија
Македонија | 18. ноември 2012 - 20:26
Како што пишува весникот, групата влегла во локалното училиште, и извикувала, „Ова е Албанија“, Ова е албанска земја“, Надвор од Албанија“. Ова видно ги вознемирило Македонците кои живеат во Пустец.
Активисти на албанската ултранационалистичка партија Црвено-црна алијанса заедно со уште дваесетина албански медиуми, во петокот дошле во општина Пустец и на локалното македонско население викале да се оди од државата бидејќи тоа е албанска земја, пренесува Дневник.
Како што пишува весникот, групата влегла во локалното училиште, и извикувала, „Ова е Албанија“, Ова е албанска земја“, Надвор од Албанија“. Ова видно ги вознемирило Македонците кои живеат во Пустец. Групата отишла и подалеку лепејќи налепници со натпис „Ова е албанска земја“ на сите табли во општината кои согласно локалните закони биле двојазични.
Организиациите и политчките партии на Македонците во Албанија го осудија настанот и побараа интервенција од албанската полиција, но таа не се огласила.
Албанија е обврзана да ги почитува правата на малцинствата. За споредба, во Македонија Албанците ги имаат сите права.Leave a comment:
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Greek Crisis Shows Weak International Ethics
By Victor Bivell
This article was published in Global Politician and is also on the pollitecon.com web site.
One good thing that may come out of the Greek and Euro debt crisis is a better understanding that truth has a monetary value and turning a blind eye to dishonesty can cost dearly.
By submitting false data so it could enter the Eurozone, the Greek Government has cost its European partners, its bankers and its own people very dearly. It has become an example of what can happen when a country’s commitment to international agreements and treaties is weak and the international community does not follow-up to ensure compliance.
But rather than work to restore its reputation, Greece has hurt it further with its weak commitment to fully implement the terms of its financial bailout agreement, the largest in history.
Politicians, bankers and the public should not be surprised at this behaviour. Even a cursory look at Greece’s record shows that Greek governments have a long history of little regard for international organizations and agreements that do not suit it. Along with the European Union, these organizations include the United Nations, the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice.
This lack of respect is particularly poor with human rights, and goes back a long way.
An early example that still reverberates today was disregard for the League of Nations. In 1920, Greece signed the Treaty Concerning the Protection of Minorities in Greece. It did so because 7 years earlier after the Balkan Wars, Greece annexed half of the territory of what had been Ottoman Macedonia and took control of its large and diverse population.
Macedonia was famous for its multicultural population, and its many ethnic, religious and linguistic groups became minorities in Greece. It was international concern about these people that led Greece to sign the Treaty with the League of Nations.
Yet from the beginning Greece failed to honour the Treaty and even today, 92 years later, it continues to assert that it has no ethnic minorities and only one religious minority (the Muslims in western Thrace).
Even today the co-signatories to the Treaty continue to allow Greece to continue to make these two false assertions. The co-signatories are Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India.
When during the 1990s and 2000s the European Court of Human Rights told Greece to recognize specific minorities, Greece ignored its judgements. For example, in 1998 the Court told Greece to allow the establishment of a Home of Macedonian Culture. 14 years later this still has not happened.
The United Nations, which is the successor organization to the League of Nations, has also tried to steer Greece in the right direction.
In 2008 its independent expert on minority issues told Greece to recognize its Turkish, Roma, Macedonian, Pomak and other ethnic minorities. It also told Greece to recognize its religious minorities - Catholics, Baha’i, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews, non-Greek Orthodox Christians, and Muslims outside of western Thrace. (see Report of the Independent Expert on Minority Issues, Gay McDougall)
The Greek government refused. It repeated that it has no ethnic minorities and only one religious minority, and ignored the United Nations and its report.
Human rights group Greek Helsinki Monitor says ‘Greece systematically fails to execute European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments, European Committee for Social Rights (ECSR) decisions and UN Human Rights Committee (UN HRC) views.’
To that list we can now add the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ICJ is part of the United Nations and the highest court on Earth. Its decisions cannot be appealed.
In December 2011, the Court found that Greece had violated a 1995 Interim Accord under which it had signed not to block Macedonia’s entry into international organizations if Macedonia entered under the name former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Despite the Interim Accord, in 2008 Greece vetoed Macedonia’s entry into NATO. Although the Greek government defended its action, the Court agreed with Macedonia that Greece had broken its commitment. (see APPLICATION OF THE INTERIM ACCORD OF 13 SEPTEMBER 1995 (THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA v. GREECE)
Although Greece was found in the wrong, the Greek government did not comply with the decision. On the contrary. At the NATO Summit in Chicago earlier this year, Macedonia sought to have its membership put on the agenda. This would have given Greece the chance to correct its stance, fulfill its legal commitment, and add another brick to world security.
Instead, Greece was reported to have fought hard to have the issue left off the Agenda, thus continuing to deny Macedonia entry to NATO and showing it has not learnt its lesson from the International Court of Justice decision.
After many years Europe is now alert to Greece’s record as an international citizen. Before the Greek election in May, Germany and France insisted that Greek politicians sign a pledge that after the election they would not back down on the commitments they made as part of the massive Greek financial bailout.
Yet the follow-up Greek election in June was presented as a referendum on whether Greece would stick to the agreed bailout, and the party that wanted to renege on the bailout was a close second in the election.
At its root the Greek debt crisis is about fairness and truth.
It is about fairness as Greece’s long suffering minorities wonder how the world can be so generous in its debt forgiveness and patience with Greece, while Greece is so consistently ungenerous with its own people.
It is about truth as it shows that international ethics need to be stronger. It is not enough to be for truth. The international community needs to be against deceit. It needs to show more resolve to ensure countries do what they say they will do. Perhaps events would have worked out differently, and a lot cheaper, if way back in 1920 and in the 1990s the international community had made Greece stick to its word and honour its international agreements and judgements.
That may have shown Greece that its word should mean something. Instead of the mess it is in today, Greece might have developed into an honest and valued international citizen.
It’s not too late.
Victor Bivell is the publisher of 12 books on human rights in Greece.
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The Enemy from within
By Risto Stefov
November 21, 2012
After reading my articles about “Greece’s dispute with Macedonia’s name”, some of my readers have written many times to remind me that while I waste my time chasing after an obviously phantom destruction specifically designed to take “our” attention away from “real” issues, some people in the Republic of Macedonia are busy undermining little Macedonia from within!
It seems that not a single day goes by without some brazen act being committed not by hooligans, not by ordinary citizens, but by the very same people who yesterday brandished their Kalashnikovs against the Macedonian population in this tiny country and are today ruling in its Parliament!
Now it appears that they are starting to cause us problems in Pustets. Pushing around indigenous Macedonians living on their own ancestral lands, occupied by Albania in 1912, as if they are immigrants, like Golden Dawn their counterpart does in Greece. This is also reminiscent of the 1913 and 1945-46 terror tactics used by the Greeks to force Macedonians to leave their homeland. Macedonians were left with two choices; leave or pick up a gun, fight back and get killed. In other words leave or die! Is this what we have come down to again; in the 21st Century?
I am told that the terror activities occurring in Pustets, Albanian occupied Macedonia, are synchronized with the intimidations taking place inside the Republic of Macedonia. If this is true, which I believe it is, then there is a concerted effort to ethnically cleanse the entire region and get rid of the Macedonians. We all know and have said it before what happens next, especially if politics shift to the extreme rights as we see happening in Greece.
Speaking of Greece, if Golden Down comes to power in Greece let me be the first to warn you that, to prove its ferocity and might to the world, it will attack the Republic of Macedonia just to rid itself of the “danger from the north” which has been a preoccupation of Greece for many decades. When they do attack, I hope Macedonia will be prepared! I have great faith in the Macedonian military; it will defend our little country!
For years I have been told that those seeking peace and doing “good” would be rewarded but as I am finding out that is not true! It seems that those who seek war and break the rules are the ones being rewarded. Need I say more?
Macedonia and the Macedonian people, yet again, are being put in a precarious position! What to do? Let them do what they want and hope that some day they will stop? This has been going on for the last 20 years and ignoring it, as it has been done to this day, has not stopped it. So, if giving in, signing agreements, amnestying criminals and forgiving law breakers has not worked, then what will work? Declare war on them?
We could do that but then we would have to overlook what happened to Serbia when it declared war on its lawbreakers! Besides, look at our own history. Every time we raised arms, be it during the Ilinden Uprising or the Greek Civil War, we nearly ended up becoming extinct. So please let us learn from our past mistakes and not repeat them!
Perhaps they want us to “raise arms” so that they can prove to their patrons that we are yet another savage Balkan nation worthy of being bombed to smithereens and sent back to the Stone Age! No, we have to be smarter than that!
It would break my heart to see all those new buildings recently built everywhere in Macedonia being leveled and turned to dust! And what about our people, do we want what little is left of us to be bombed to dust? Raising arms has not been the answer for Macedonia; not since Alexander’s time! We should only be raising arms to defend ourselves from outside threats. Besides, like it or not, we still have to live with these people and we certainly don’t want to cause “bad blood” between us!
Speaking of Alexander isn’t it about time that we apologize to the world for the crimes he committed against all those nations that he invaded and occupied? Every Macedonian generation after Alexander has suffered immensely and has paid for the crimes he committed. Don’t you think we are cursed because of that?
So on behalf of all the Macedonian people I would like to be the first Macedonian to apologize for the sins and crimes that Alexander the Great committed against humanity. He may have made a name for himself but he left his people cursed for many generations.
So ignoring the enemy from within, as we have for the past 20 years, has not helped us and if raising arms against them is out of the question, then what?!
The answer my friends is very simple; Macedonia, no matter how tiny it is, is still a sovereign, independent democratic country. And like any other democratic country Macedonia has laws that govern the lives and activities of its citizens and visitors. The laws are there to protect people when they can’t achieve “understanding”!
There are local, municipal, regional, national and international laws; they are there to set limits, define behaviour and prevent crimes. At least in principle! But these laws are only good if they are enforced; otherwise they are words written on a piece of paper.
I don’t know why Macedonians say this and I often catch myself saying it too. We say: “They have more rights than any minority in the Balkans, what more do they want?” Well my friends, they will take what we give them and they will take everything we give them. And can we blame them for “looking after their own interests”? Don’t we seek and want the same thing from Greece, Bulgaria and from every country in the world we live in? Of course we don’t go around calling every piece of land we live in “Macedonia” but would we, if no one objected? So please don’t blame these people for looking after their own interests. But the question is “How much is enough?”
Well here is where “The Law” comes in!
Let me say here and now that “No One” is going to object to “using” democratically established laws, be they national or international, for solving our problems.
Let us do less complaining and urge our lawmakers and law enforcers to put some of these laws to use.
First apply the law on “census” and figure out the real picture of our citizens; how many are there, where they live, what ethnic group they belong to etc. Then from that use international norms to measure and determine rights and limits. It then becomes the responsibility of lawmakers and enforcers to monitor and make sure rules are applied equitably. By the same token, those attempting to exceed the limits must understand that they are breaking the law.
What this means is “No more amnesties for crimes committed against citizens” and those who break the law must be prepared to be punished to the full extent of the law! Law enforcers must also be given the right to apply the law fairly and equally to all citizens irrespective of their ethnicity or religion!
If Macedonia is to survive it must learn to treat its citizens equitably and fairly and punish the lawbreakers to the full extent of the law.
I often joked with the Macedonian military officers studying English at Base Borden about how harsh and unforgiving traffic laws are here in Canada in comparison to those in Macedonia. But you have to mean what you say if you want to be taken seriously! There is no talking yourself out of a traffic fine if you are caught speeding in Canada; no matter who you are, who you know, how many threats you make or by attempting to bribe the officer who caught you! In fact, if you do any of those things you will get yourself into further trouble!
Macedonians must learn to respect those who “genuinely struggle for their rights and interests” and “punish” those who break the law; it’s as simple as that! Everyone gets what they deserve according to the law! That’s how lasting civilized societies live!
Everything I have said so far is within reach! It does not depend on outsiders brokering deals and on dreadful and embarrassing agreements.
It is now up to Macedonian Citizens, to every Macedonian Citizen, to demand of their Government, their Lawmakers and their Law Enforcers to draft fair and equitable laws and to rigorously enforce them! It’s that simple!Leave a comment:
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