He has a deep insider's knowledge of how Milosevic's communist-style machine is held together. Despite the opposition's success at holding back the police at Kolubara Wednesday, some analysts say it must adopt more confrontational tactics in order to get the regime to break quickly. If you take people to the streets, you have to take them all the way to the end. Take over public buildings, take over TV stations. You have to get beyond the carnival atmosphere and bring it to swift completion.
Civil disobedience is fine when people are angry and motivated.
It has to rock the confidence of Milosevic. He will go through the second round of elections and declare himself the winner. Laura Rozen is covering the Balkans crisis for Salon News. Sound Off Send us a Letter to the Editor Related stories Election mud wrestling Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic claims no candidate received a majority in this week's elections, but opposition leaders who believe their candidate won are taking to the streets. Cover up with a Salon T-shirt this summer.