a day of mourning for a croatian hero (& a very big go fuck yourselves to several administrations of the u.s. federal govt.)

when auden spoke of a mean & low decade, he had no idea of the resonance of those words...

our hearts & minds go out to gobshite quarterly contributor julie bušić ‡, whose husband zvonko bušić passed away at the beginning of this month. 

he was given a state funeral, as indeed he was a fierce advocate for croatian independence.

labeled a terrorist in this country, & sentenced to 30 yrs, often in solitary confinement, in this country.

zvonko bušić was sentenced in 1976, & tho eligible for parole in 1979, served significantly more than his sentence, thanks to the vindictiveness of the reagan administration, the indifference of clinton's administration, & the vindictiveness of shrubya 1's & shrubya 2's cabals—this despite petitions & protestations from the croatian ambassador to the united states, prison staff retirees, & prison chaplain.
‡) her memoir of her experiences, lovers & madmen, was also made into a documentary film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp6pqS1-VMU

for more info on zvonko bušić, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvonko_Bušić
 

& go to: http://dalje.com/en-croatia/the-new-york-times-runs-article-about-zvonko-busic/482142