Dušan Pajović (born 12 July 1997) is Montenegrin left-wing activist and author. He has been described as "the new striking face on the Montenegrin political scene" and the person of the year in that country, by '' Le Courrier des Balkans''. Pajović is a prominent member of Democracy in Europe Movement 2025.

Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25)

Dušan Pajović is a coordinator of

DiEM25 The Democracy in Europe Movement 2025, or DiEM25, is a pan-European political movement founded in 2016 by a group of Europeans, including former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and Croatian philosopher Srećko Horvat. The movement was o ...

's campaigns and an Ex-Officio member of its Coordinating Collective, highest body of the movement. He has organized or helped in organization of many campaigns including the well known Green New Deal for Europe. Pajović finds DiEM25 as his calling, believing it’s the only valuable radical and realistic alternative that can truly change Europe and the world.

Political thought and activity

Pajović's areas of interest are Balkan politics with the special focus on Montenegro, analysis of

right-wing populism Right-wing populism, also called national populism and right-wing nationalism, is a political ideology that combines right-wing politics and populist rhetoric and themes. Its rhetoric employs anti-elitist sentiments, opposition to the Establi ...

and clericalism rise, post-capitalism economy,

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anarchism Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not necessa ...

and total liberation theory. He is a regular columnist for the biggest opposition media in Montenegro, Cafe del Montenegro (CdM). His articles can also be found in various media, such as DiEM25 website,

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, GND Media, Portal Analitika and others. In the past he has collaborated with many different organizations including

Humanity & Inclusion Humanity & Inclusion (formerly Handicap InternationalOn January 24th 2018, the global Handicap International network changed its name and became Humanity & Inclusion. This was done "to communicate more effectively on the diversity of its activiti ...

, Animal Save Movement,

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and United Nations (UN). His engagement since his teenage years in climate and animal rights activism brought him the experience of knowledge in street actions, advocacy, and social change theory. He has used those skills in his activism, writing, research and interviews. Although very young, Pajović has already written many opinion piece articles and has appeared in many interviews, podcasts and documentaries with figures such as

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, Yanis Varoufakis,

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, Srećko Horvat and others. Dušan published his first book in July 2023., titled "''Između propasti i nade: Crna Gora u okovima kapitalizma i klerofašizma''" (''eng''. ''Between doom and hope: Montenegro in the shackles of capitalism and clerofascism''). The book is a collection of essays, published by Fokalizator.

Awards and education

Dušan Pajović is awarded as the Person of the Year in Montenegro for 2022, by ''Le Courrier des Balkans''. In the year of 2023, he has been awarded with the best essay award, by the Association of Montenegrin publishers. Other than that, he is a recipient of “19th December” student award by the Capital of Montenegro, and "The Best Student of Generation" by University of Donja Gorica (UDG), where he finished his BSc in applied psychology. He holds a MSc degree in Psychology of Intercultural Relation as ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa alumni.

References

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