Do not let Belgrade drown

Do not let Belgrade drown
Не давимо Београд
Ne davimo Beograd
AbbreviationNDB, NDMBGD
Minor CouncilBiljana Đorđević
Dobrica Veselinović
Natalija Simović
Radomir Lazović
Robert Kozma
Founded22 July 2014
Dissolved14 July 2023
Succeeded byGreen–Left Front
HeadquartersBelgrade
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
European affiliationEuropean Greens (candidate)
International affiliationProgressive International
Colors  Green
Slogan"Čiji grad, naš grad"
("Whose city, our city")
Website
nedavimobeograd.rs

Do not let Belgrade drown (Serbian: Не давимо Београд, romanized: Ne davimo Beograd, NDB/NDMBGD), previously stylised as Do not let Belgrade d(r)own (Serbian: Не да(ви)мо Београд, Ne da(vi)mo Beograd), was a green political organisation[1] in Serbia.

A grassroots movement formed in 2014,[2]: 128 [3] aimed at criticising and reforming the current political system through "involving citizens in the development of their environment" and transparency. The organisation was made up of a group of people of different profiles, professions, and beliefs interested in urban and cultural policies, sustainable urban development, and equitable use of shared resources. In October 2022, NDB announced that together with local citizens' groups it would transform itself into a political party.[4] It was succeeded by the Green–Left Front on 14 July 2023.[5]

NDB was positioned on the left-wing on the political spectrum,[2]: 200 [6]: 119  and had adopted left-wing populist ideas,[6]: 119  and an anti-neoliberal,[2]: 199 [7] anti-nationalist,[8] progressive,[9] municipalist,[10] and egalitarian ideology.[2]: 199  It maintained socialist and social-democratic economic policies,[8] while it was also supportive of democratic socialism,[11][12] and environmentalism.[13][14][15] NDB described itself as a "green-left" organisation,[16][17] while Radomir Lazović described NDB as a "transparent, democratic, solidarity[-based], green, and leftist movement".[18] It was a member of the Progressive International.[19]

  1. ^ "Deklaracija o prerastanju pokreta Ne davimo Beograd u partiju". nedavimobeograd (in Serbian). 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Džuverović, Nemanja; Milošević, Aleksandar (2021). ""Belgrade to Belgradians, Not Foreign Capitalists": International Statebuilding, Contentious Politics, and New Forms of Political Representation in Serbia". East European Politics and Societies: And Cultures. 35 (1): 190–209. doi:10.1177/0888325420904441. ISSN 0888-3254. S2CID 219063568.
  3. ^ Feminise Politics Now: Toolkit developed by the Municipalist Movement. Madrid: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. 2020. p. 134.
  4. ^ "Ne davimo Beograd postaje partija, koje ime je "u igri" i koji su im ciljevi". N1 (in Serbian). 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Pokret Ne davimo Beograd danas je zvanično postao stranka Zeleno-levi front". Novinska agencija Beta (in Serbian). 14 July 2023. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  6. ^ a b Stojiljković, Zoran; Spasojević, Dušan (2018). "Populistički Zeitgeist u "proevropskoj" Srbiji". Politička misao: Časopis za politologiju (in Serbian). 55 (3): 104–128. doi:10.20901/pm.55.3.04. S2CID 166171942 – via Hrčak.
  7. ^ Pešić, Jelena; Petrović, Jelisaveta (2020). "The Role and the Positioning of the Left in Serbia's "One of Five Million" Protests". Balkanologie. 15 (2): 4. doi:10.4000/balkanologie.2576. S2CID 234573757 – via OpenEdition Journals.
  8. ^ a b Beckmann-Dierkes, Norbert; Rankić, Slađan (13 May 2022). "Parlamentswahlen in Serbien 2022". Konrad Adenauer Foundation (in German). p. 3. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  9. ^ Kovačević, Miloš (3 June 2021). "An Uncertain Step Toward Marriage Equality". Heinrich Böll Foundation. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  10. ^ Rossi, Ugo (2022). "The Existential Threat of Urban Social Extractivism: Urban Revival and the Extinction Crisis in the European South". Antipode. 54 (3): 892–913. doi:10.1111/anti.12802. ISSN 0066-4812.
  11. ^ Jovanović, Jelka (30 September 2022). "Đorđe Pavićević: Nije pokret za spas Srbije nego – Vučića". Novi magazin (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Ksenija Radovanović i Dobrica Veselinović: Ne padamo na Vučićeve trikove". Portal Novosti. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  13. ^ Kirn, Gal (20 April 2022). "Thirty Years after the Break-up of Yugoslavia: The Primitive (Dis)accumulation of Capital and Memory; or, How (Not) To Make This Country Great Again". Historical Materialism. 30 (1): 3–29. doi:10.1163/1569206X-20222261. ISSN 1465-4466. S2CID 248333799.
  14. ^ "Inicijativa Ne davimo Beograd". Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung (in Serbian). 22 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Zelene stranke plivaju van krupnih nacionalnih tema". Politika (in Serbian). 5 November 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Don't Let Belgrade D(r)own and Solidarity presented an agreement on cooperation". Mašina. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Lazović: Potrebno je imati kandidata koji zastupa "zelene i leve ideje"". N1 (in Serbian). 23 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  18. ^ Khalili, Mehran (11 January 2021). "Creative protest and how to build a movement: An interview with Radomir Lazovic - Mehran Khalili". DiEM25. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Inicijativa "Ne davimo Beograd" se pridružila Progresivnoj internacionali - Politika - Dnevni list Danas". Danas (in Serbian). 28 May 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2022.