Entries by Tom Sunic, Ph.D.

Croatia: the State of Affairs, the State of Emergency

What follows is the English translation of my piece originally written in French for a French publication. *   *   * Since the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, Croats have faced an ill-defined identity. Their recent war of secession, awkwardly called the “Patriotic War” and “War of Defense,” lends itself to serious legal misconceptions. […]

What to read? (Part 6): A White Character Survey; Envy in Literature and Politics (Part 2)

Carlo Saraceni (“The Fall of Icarus”) 1606, oil Physical blindness and the verdict of ignorance, meted out to envious politicians in Dante’s epic poem, can often be bliss.  Eyelessness can have advantages, as demonstrated by the blind, poor, uneducated, self-effacing, albeit very intelligent seer, Tiresias, who is brought to the court of King Oedipus, only […]

What to read? (Part 5) A White Character Survey: Envy in Politics and Literature (Part 1)

  Among Europeans, since antiquity, envy and jealousy have been main driving forces in the political process, resulting in a treasure trove of different literary genres. All European languages make a fine distinction between envy and jealousy, although both notions often overlap. The Germans have an additional nuanced word for this character aberration, i.e. “Schadenfreude,” […]

“It takes a Village on July 27”: Srb, Yugoslav Antifa, and Croatia’s Bare Bones

The common antifascist narrative in the media and academia consists in a frequent reversal of World War II victimhood—a procedure once tested by communist commissars in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. The label of communism, once proudly sported by a large number of intellectuals and journalists, has come out of fashion today. A more […]

AFP Response to Homeland Security Advisory Council Report

American Freedom Party 2753 Broadway, Suite 245 New York, NY 10025 www.theamericanfreedomparty.us Tel.  (213) 621-3000 Fax: (213) 621-2900 June 27, 2016 To: -The Honorable Jeh Johnson Secretary of Homeland Security Washington, D.C. 20528 -Mr. William Webster (Chair) Homeland Security Advisory Council Member HSAC@hq.dhs.gov hsasreview@dhs.gov Re: Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Subcommittee Interim Report and Recommendations (June 2016) […]