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- The program was filmed to introduce the Croatian public to new political parties, because the official media is still controlled by the ruling political party (the Communist Party). The speaker outlines the beginning of the Croatian movement for pluralism as beginning at the end of the 1980s, mostly within the framework of various citizen petitions against human rights violations, a petition for the return of the monument to Duke Jelacic to Zagreb's main square, and, among others, a petition against the repression of Kosovo. Each political party in the following program is first briefly introduced by the speaker, and then by its own spokesperson.
HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union):
- Neven Jurica, one of the party's founders, speaks. Franjo Tudjman speech shown. HDZ's Ivan Govron speaks against compulsory learning of the Cyrillic alphabet. Neven Jurica: one of the party's main characteristics is connecting Croats from the Diaspora to Croats in Croatia. Socialist Federalist Republic of Yugoslavia is a contractual union, and ability of nations to determine whether they want to remain within it is a fundamental democratic principle.
HSLS (Croatian Social Liberal Union):
- Dr. Ljubomir Antic speaks on the party's foundation: first sentence of founding session was "tiredness with Communist regime," before fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. Need to reaffirm the individual through participation in multi-party political system, free enterprise, independent legal system, and everything that proved successful in Western countries, where HSLS thinks Croatia should see itself in the future. Party is against radicalism. Vlado Gotovac speaks about changes needed to be made in the institutions, beginning with the Croatian Parliament. Croatia needs to make an economic profile through international relations, the revival of the free market, and the revival of communal system within local boundaries. A new economic and cultural physiognomy of the country needs to be created. Policy toward the police, and paramilitary and parapolice organizations which exist in Yugoslavia needs to be established. The countryside will need to be taken into consideration.
HSS (Croatian Peasant Party):
- Brief history of the assassination of its founder Stjepan Radic in 1928 in the Belgrade Parliament. Stjepan Herceg presents the Croatian Peasant Party: the party was renewed because its politics have been tried and found true in the past. The party made it possible for the workers and peasants to become an important political factor. HSS insists on the dissolution of the UDBA, or secret police. Various HSS demands were not met by the Croatian Parliament. HSS will demand the honorable return of all those who left Croatia. HSS wants to revitalize the Croatian villages and islands. HSS's goal is Croatia's development in cultural, economic, and political aspect. The party's motto has always been, and will be: "Faith in God, and peasant unity."
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SDSH (Social Democratic Party of Croatia):
- Antun Vujic speaks about the foundation of the party during human rights protest. The opposition needs to be united: the Green party, women, and people who are for change, but not for changes which could bring risks or a catastrophe. Those kinds of changes are still possible within Yugoslavia. Many concerns are characterized as national concerns. When it comes to Croatia's role within Yugoslavia, the party's motto is "there can never be too much federalism." Privatization is necessary, and social democracy stands for elements of socialism, especially of the Scandinavian type, but also for promoting free enterprise. The party is mostly supported by educated people and the scientific community.
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Trans-national Radical Party:
- Vito »esmadziski speaks for the party: Trans-national Radical Party seeks global solutions, and the United States of Europe. The party was founded in Italy. The party is anti-prohibitionist, against prohibitions of any kind. It is anti-militarist, a non-violent party, and an ecologically conscious party. This is a post-modern political party. The party will be a part of a coalition, and intends to found a European Federalist organization (list). The future lies in individualism, not in the collective.
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Green Party:
- Zoran Ostric speaks on behalf of the Green Party: this is not only a party but has larger goals. New knowledge should be used to the benefit of all people and not for creation of nuclear power plants and weapons. The party's long-term goal is creation of new, modern, ecological economy. Motto: No ecology without democracy, no democracy without ecology. This is a party for human rights and modern pluralist democracy.