From Instinct to Theory: A Left in Search of Itself

The author as a young Pioneer.

Having spent roughly half my life in a socialist system (with Yugoslav characteristics), I am nonetheless struck by how few consistent leftists remain today in my region. Honestly, I even struggle to define myself — beyond the broad label of a leftist. The events that unfolded in my (now defunct) homeland were of such magnitude that there was barely any space left for ideological debate. Burdened by war, hatred, fear, and plunder, we slipped almost unnoticed...