“MOVEMENTISING” THE MARGINAL. RECRUITMENT TO THE ANTI-WAR CAMPAIGN OF CROATIA

Unatoč važnosti koju Antiratna kampanja Hrvatske ima za suvremenu domaću ljudskopravašku civilnu scenu, njezino se djelovanje još nije teorijski promislilo u dovoljnoj mjeri. Na temelju dubinskih intervjua i dokumentarnih izvora autor propituje strukturne i motivacijske faktore koji su poticali na sudjelovanje u Antiratnoj kampanji. S obzirom na to da su hrvatske vlasti i hrvatska javnost rat 1990-ih prepoznali kao čin agresije, sudioništvo u proturatnim aktivnostima bilo je vrlo neizvjesno i opasno. U skladu s McAdamovim modelom ulaska u visokorizični aktivizam ovaj rad ukazuje na to da su aktivisti i aktivistkinje Kampanje bili/e uključeni/e u aktivističke mreže i prije početka ratnih sukoba. Proturatni angažman je, dakle, bio povezan s ranijim ljudskopravaškim aktivnostima, kao i s “biografskom raspoloživošću”: većina aktivista/aktivistkinja je zauzimala usku društvenu nišu omeđenu slobodom od roditeljskog nadzora s jedne, i odsustvom odgovornosti/obaveza odraslih s druge strane.The operation of the Anti-War Campaign of Croatia has remained under-theorised in spite of its importance for the present-day human rights oriented civic scene in this post-Yugoslav country. This paper draws upon in-depth interviews and documentary sources to examine both structural and motivational factors that propelled individuals towards participation in the Anti-War Campaign. Given that the war in the 1990s was perceived by the Croatian authorities and the general public as an act of aggression, the anti-war undertakings of its citizens were precarious and dangerous activities. In accordance with the McAdam model of recruitment to high-risk activism, this paper shows that the participants in the Anti-War Campaign were already involved in an extensive network of activist ties. The anti-war engagement was closely related to prior civil rights activity as well as to biographical availability. The Croatian anti-war activists in the early 1990s were predominantly urban university students or recent graduates occupying the narrow niche between freedom from parental supervision and the absence of adult responsibilities