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Socialist Outlook no. 89, September 1995 inc T and P supp · 150 words

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Balkans

of return The lightning Invasion by Croatia of the Serb-held Krajina area, and the subsequent flight of hundreds of thousands of Serb refugees, have again ralsed the issue of what stand socialists should take on Krajina.

Socialist Outlook has consistently recognised that the secession of Krajina from Croatia was not an act of sell-determination, but an act of pan-Serbian agression against Croatia.

The self styled "Autonomous Republic of Krajina " was never a genuine independent entity. It was an extension of Serbia, acting as a springboard for further aggression against Croatia and the majority of Serbs in Croatia. many of whom fought alongside Croats in support of mixed communitles, such as Vukovar and Dubrovnik We therefore recognise the right of the Croatian government to reintegrate the Krajina region Into Croatia, and to enable the return of thousands of Croats foreIbly expelled from the region.

But this does not necessarily

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