Christopher Catherwood
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 14 Jul
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Dr Richard Mills.
Tito presides over it and comes to be known by many as the father of the non-aligned movement.
And this new political venture gives Tito the kind of platform that Yugoslavia never would have done.
Suddenly we see Tito the world statesman, someone fighting for the world's poor, someone railing against the Cold War divide.
and seeking much broader cultural and social equality in the world.
He somehow manages to shape the situation so that he appears to be on the side of the demonstrators against the bureaucracy in the party.
He's the master of political tactics and of the practicalities of power.
It's a state which by the 1970s is teetering on the brink because it's so heavily indebted to the IMF and the World Bank.
Lenders start to call in the debts and it's in no position whatsoever to pay for them.
The economy which has been built on this idea of self-management, which in practice turned out to be a huge bureaucratic monster, is on the verge of crumbling.
The Constitution of 1974 is the key document here.
It reconstitutes Yugoslavia as a federal state of eight units, so the six republics plus the two autonomous provinces in Serbia, Vojvodina and Kosovo.
And it starts to talk about the post-Tito situation.
Tito is president for life, but a future Yugoslavia will be led by a rotating presidency.
One representative of each of those constituent units will take part in a shared rotating presidency.
Basically, Tito is trying to ensure that no one can step in and dominate the state in the way that he has done.
It's a system which comes to be known as Tito and the Eight Dwarfs.
When you watch the footage back of that match, there is genuine shock in the stadium, genuine emotion, and you can hear the sobs of the crowd ringing around.
The symbolism of the two teams standing in line mixed together with these vibrant red and white striped Red Star shirts and the bright white of Heideck Split, both with the Red Stars of socialism on their badge, as they stand together emotionally,
and take this news on board.
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