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8 days agoIt sickens me on a consistent basis that here in the west the Algerian War of Independence is never even mentioned in passing, nevermind any sort of education on it. I can only imagine it is such a huge embarrassment for the colonial empires that they cannot even stand acknowledging it. When I finally learned about Algeria’s struggle and perseverance I was appalled to have not been made aware of it earlier, as it is a very real and shining beacon of hope that western hegemony can be defeated
Not even surprised, Zagreb is a beautiful city but the manner in which far right christian nationalism has captured the country is frightening. My croatian is limited but on my last visit there ~2023 the radio was dominated by what i presumed to be american style evangelical sorta nonsense, and as well they have recently made “victory day” a holiday from what i can tell is in commemoration of the horrific pogrom type raids carried out upon croat-serbs during Operation Storm. Would appreciate a non diaspora croatian chiming in to tell me its not that bad but things surely seem bleak there.