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From Macedonia to America: Civics lessons from the former Yugoslavia

  • Written by Keith Brown, Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
imagePolice officers push back demonstrators next to St. John's Episcopal Church outside of the White House, June 1, 2020 in Washington D.C.Jose Luis Magana/AFP via Getty Images

Americans protesting police violence may find inspiration in the activism of Macedonian citizens in the last years of Communist rule in Yugoslavia.

In August 1987, Communist...

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