Global solidarity with anti-imperialist struggles -which state socialist regimes in eastern Europe sought to inculcate in their populations from the 1950s onwards -constitutes a little studied form of modern transnational political socialization. This article explores this theme by analysing how three socialist countries -Hungary, Poland and Yugoslaviaattempted to build mass solidarity with the Vietnamese in the 1960s and 1970s. First, the article examines the political uses of transnationalism for socialist regimes in the 1960s, as the struggle for socialism in the so-called 'Third World', and support for such struggles in the West, allowed the socialist East to construct powerful images of a world turning towards its own political and moral values. Second, it explores how socialist citizens themselves reinterpreted transnational solidarity for their own ends, turning its language into a criticism of foreign policy, or state socialism at home; or using the opportunities it provided to challenge the state's right to control the public sphere. In doing so, the article suggests that we cannot understand such solidarity movements simply as top-down impositions from Moscow or national capitals; rather, they also reveal important aspects of state-society relations.

The author explores the creation of public opinion in Serbia in the late 1980s and the (ab)use of the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo on 28 June 1989. As a result of Serbian president Slobodan Milošević’s carefully planned propaganda, a negative image of Albanians as well as a positive perception of Serbian nationalism were enforced. The media and popular culture played a particularly important role in reviving the Kosovo Myth, together with the leading Serbian (academic) institutions and influential intellectuals. Thirty-some years after 1989, the Kosovo Myth is presented in the media in a largely unchanged manner, while for Serbia the Kosovo problem remains unsolved.

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Америчке стипендије у Југославији 50-их и 60-их година XX векa* Апстракт: Тема рада су америчке стипендије у Југославији 50-их и 60-их година и њихова улога у америчкој спољној политици, али и у мењању, модернизовању и американизовању југословенског друштва и у формирању југословенске научне и културне елите. Кроз делатност водећих америчких фондација и стипендија (Фордова фондација, Фулбрајтов програм, Leader's Exchange програм и друге) анализирани су југословенско-амерички односи и место које је Југославија имала у америчкој културној дипломатији. Кључне речи: југословенско-амерички односи, стипендије, Фордова фондација, Фулбрајтова стипендија, Leader's Exchange програм * Рад је настао у оквиру пројекта Традиција и трансформација-историјско наслеђе и национални идентитети у Србији у 20. веку (No. 47019) који финансира Министарство просвете, науке и технолошког развоја Републике Србије.

In the 1960s, Yugoslavia faced street violence and riots during demonstrations against the Vietnam War. These protests can be understood only in the context of Yugoslav foreign policy, as they represented political balancing between East and West. The state sponsored and organized demonstrations against the war in Vietnam, events at which strong anti-American sentiments were expressed, while on the other hand the state used violence to stop such demonstrations in order to maintain its good relations with the United States. Displaying sympathy with the Vietnamese people while playing the role of America's communist ally was part of Yugoslavia's political double game, which the country had played since its break with the Soviet Union in 1948.