Filip Balunović is a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade and assistant professor at the Faculty of Media and Communication at the Singidunum University. He is author of Revival of the Left in the Balkans: Counter-Hegemonic Activism and Ideas that Fueled it.
Student protests in Serbia have challenged an authoritarian government and its sell-off of public assets to multinationals. Far from just a liberal or pro-European movement, it is challenging the ties between Serbian and international capital.