What is Arkzin?
'''Arkzin''' (also written as '''''@®kz!n''''') is a magazine. It was started by a group of anti-war people in [[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]] in September of 1991. It was an important new publishing house Croatia in the 1990s. ''Arkzin'' has been a paper magazine, a newspaper, website, and a publishing house for books and music on [[Compact disc|CDs]]. ''Arkzin'' told people to promote political change using the media. ''Arzkin'' was inspired by the concept of [[tactical media]]. The last issue of the magazine was published in 1999. ''Arkzin'' changed media and culture in Croatia and other countries. == History == === First phase: fanzine === The pilot issue was published on September 25, 1991 as fanzine of the [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342288825_4_Recruitment_to_High_Risk_Anti-War_Activism_Anti-War_Campaign_of_Croatia Anti-war Campaign Croatia.] The aim of the fanzine was to collect information about peace and anti-war initiatives in (post)Yugoslavia, advocate nonviolence and a peaceful solution for the emerging war, report on human rights abuses, support conscientious objectors and serve as an alternative political media platform. As Vesna Janković wrote in the [https://monoskop.org/media/text/arkzin/arkzin_I_0.pdf editorial] of the pilot issue: <blockquote>The quality of the Anti-war campaign lies in the multitude and diversity of initiatives that make it up. Arkzin will nurture this diversity and thus be an active contribution to the emergence of civil society, a society of peace, pluralism, tolerance and diversity. </blockquote>Contributors were mostly members of the anti-war groups. The first edition had six issues (double issues: 2-3 and 5-6), with the last issue appearing on May 7th 1992. Circulation grew from 500 to 2,000 copies in A4 format. ''Arkzin'' was distributed through post mail, from hand to hand etc. Publishing costs were covered by donations collected by European peace groups. === Second phase: newspaper === The second edition of ''Arkzin'' ran for 93 issues, the first of whic