ČETNIČKE I SLIČNE NACIONALISTIČKE ORGANIZACIJE U BORBI PROTIV RADNIČKOG POKRETA I KOMUNISTIČKE PARTIJE JUGOSLAVIJE U RAZDOBLJU IZMEĐU DVA RATA
CHETNIK AND SIMILAR NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE WORKERS MOVEMENT AND THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF YUGOSLAVIA IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE TWO WARS

Summary/Abstract: The ruling state and political system of the Bourgeoisie of pre-war Yugoslavia used measures of cooperation with the illegal army of the nationalists in every crisis. In the first phase, i. e. from 1918—1921 when the nationalist organisations of the regime had not yet been created, the organs of the bourgeois government created a national guard according to the needs of the moment, or as it was otherwise called the National Defence. The National Guard was formed in almost all parts of the country and this work analyses in particular the actions of the Guard in the area of Bosnia- Hercegovina during 1920—1921. The National Guard mainly consisted of the small-town element and was characterised by brutal and aggressive actions in its fight against the workers movement. At this time the Bourgeoisie also found support in their fight against the revolutionary movement and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in one section of the workers movement, concretely in Bosnia Hercegovina, in a group of socialists belonging to the extreme night, who were popularly known as »Zvonashi« from the name of their newspaper »Zvono« (bell). »Zvonashi« appeared with nationalistic paroles and were supported in those industrial centres, in which unqualified and semi-qualified workers, with a low class-consciousness and tied closely to the village, were concentrated.

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