Londonska Nova Hrvatska o političkim događajima u Hrvatskoj i Jugoslaviji 1980-ih godina

Matišić, Mislav. (2017). Londonska Nova Hrvatska o političkim događajima u Hrvatskoj i Jugoslaviji 1980-ih godina. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of History. [mentor Šute, Ivica].

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Abstract

The subject of research were political events in Croatia and Yugoslavia in the 1980s through the pen of Jakša Kušan's „Nova Hrvatska“, the general Croatian emigrant newspaper that had been published in London for thirty years. Apart from the short section of Croatian political emigration with paying a special attention to liberal-democratic emigrants, the story, the chronology and the general outlines of „Nova Hrvatska“ are analyzed in detail. The analysis of texts dealing with selected political events in Croatia and Yugoslavia in the 1980s was divided into seven chapters. The first chapter relates to the death of Tito and the uprising in Kosovo at the beginning and the end of the decade. Next, there are chapters devoted to the energetic struggle of liberal-democratic emigrants against radical emigrants. The two shortest paragraphs are related to the combination of economic crime and the state system through the great affairs of Agrokomerc and the murder of Stjepan Đureković. The last parts are dedicated to Croatia's silence, political trials, liberalization in Slovenia, and the arrival of Milošević to power. Results of the analysis of the texts show that many comments and predictions of journalists gathered around Jakša Kušan have proved to be accurate, especially the ones regarding the creation of independent Kosovo, the outbreak of war in Yugoslavia, and the detriment of "Croatian silence" and the doubt about the validity of HDZ policy.

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