This has led to the closure of factories and to a high level of unemployment. In Macedonia and the other former Yugoslav republics, there is a similar situation. The only answer lies in a common struggle of the workers for the socialist transformation of all the former Yugoslav republics. Many people see socialism only in its caricature version where a clique of privileged bureaucrats dominated society. That has nothing to do with genuine socialism.
Genuine socialism means the workers themselves deciding their own destiny.
It means a nationalised planned economy but with democratic control in the hands of the workers themselves. However, the struggle for socialism cannot be limited to the former Yugoslavia. All the countries of the Balkans are facing a severe economic crisis. In all these countries the former Stalinist bureaucrats are trying to transform themselves into capitalists. Along this road lies disaster for the peoples of the Balkans.