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It has been quite a summer.

My time in Croatia was just amazing. I met so many different people and saw some of the most beautiful things ever. Studying abroad I learned about art history of the region and about global warming and the destruction of our planet. Both of them were amazing classes and we were quite lucky to have the professors that taught us. Aside from the typical tourist things, I learned much about the culture, language and its “communist” history. This former member of the Yugoslavia is now a haven for national pride and one of the economically strongest countries to emerge out of the former federation. However, the struggle for decent life still remains as will always be the case under capitalist institutions. While they’re healthcare system is a form of single-payer universal healthcare and the transportation systems rival some of the American ones, unemployment and hunger are still issues. Inner class divisions remain. One guy that I talked to spoke badly of the unemployed claiming that they were lazy and opportunistic. He said that he went out job hunting and found one. It doesn’t pay much but at least he has one, he noted. The European Union is about to include Croatia and thus forcing upon that country its strict immigration and economic policies. One of the biggest issues of capitalist economy is its ignorance of local people’s needs. And if it is aware of the needs it tailors it to suit a business model…if it’s profitable, it’s a go! Croatia was great and someday I’ll return.

Back in Rochester for the summer, I took it upon myself to redesign The Sitch and give it more of a purpose besides its blog function. www.TheSitch.com is the new home of the blog and it is now hosted on a private server instead of Wordpress.com. I can host my own videos, photography, and more. Here are some of the plans I have for the site:

The Sitch on the Street - a word on the street portion of the site that’ll feature a series of video clips of everyday people answer current events/political questions. There will be the ability to have reader’s questions asked to the people the videos will feature.

Videos - Simply just a page where I’ll archive videos of activism events and any exclusive videos that I film like the interviews with the Iraq war veterans in May.

Photos - Same thing. Here we’ll find a archive of photography from activism events and other photos I deem worthy of posting.

Contributors - I would like to get other people’s opinions written up on this site and I’m currently searching for people to do so.

There’s much more to come… Videos of Son of Nun performing, a speech on how the Vietnam War was ended, and the revolutionary year of 1968.

Stay tuned and welcome to The Sitch.