In this pair of essays, award-winning journalists Hrvoje Simicevic and Barbara Matejcic expose the turn in Croatia's political trends, showing how "moderate" pro-European governments have opened the floodgates for far-right radicalism and fascism to transition from the societal fringes into the mainstream. Simicevic weaves these histories around a chilling turning point: a Thompson concert in which hundreds of thousands chanted the Ustase salute. Matejcic then reveals the civic response and defiant resistance to the politics of fear and escalating attacks against Serbians and other minorities. At the heart of these texts is a struggle over the meaning of Croatia itself: will it belong to the loudest voices or to all who live there? U ova dva eseja, nagradivani novinari Hrvoje Simicevic i Barbara Matejcic opisuju politicke promjene u Hrvatskoj, pokazujuci kako su samozvane umjerene proeuropske vlade imale kljucnu ulogu u pomicanju fasizma i krajnje desnog radikalizma s drustvenih rubova u politicku srednju struju. Simicevic plete povijest te pojave oko jezive prekretnice: Thompsonovog koncerta na kojem su stotine tisuca posjetitelja izvikivale ustaski pozdrav. Matejcic zatim prikazuje odgovor gradana i prkosan otpor politici straha i eskalaciji napada na Srbe i druge manjine. U srzi ovih tekstova lezi borba za znacenje Hrvatske: hoce li zemlja pripadati onima koji najglasnije vicu ili svima koji u njoj zive?.
This Machine Breeds Fascists / Masina Koja Hrani Fasiste : Thompson--The Rock Star, the Collapse of Political Will, and the Resistance to Radicalization in Croatia / Thompson, Poraz Politike I Otpor Radikalizaciji Hrvatske