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Serbia’s longtime leader Aleksander Vučić has been swept out of power by a historic student-led opposition movement against Vučić’s right-wing Serbian Progressive Party.

buff.lySerbia’s Student-Led Movement Sweeps Strongman Aleksander Vučić Out of PowerStudents “changed our understanding of what’s politically possible for all of us,” says journalist Lela Vujanić.

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Candidates from the Student List, who are not students themselves but largely first-time politicians selected by student-led popular assemblies, won a majority of seats in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, marking a seismic shift in Serbian politics.

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This NYT article just 4 days ago, with its defeatist assumptions shows why we so need independent left coverage that looks objectively at forces on the ground. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/22/w...

nytimes.comIn Serbia’s Election, Identity Politics Looks to Be Winning AgainAleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s dominant political figure since 2012, may extend his grip, using the Balkans’ unresolved nationalist resentments.