Human Shield
Živi zid |
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President | Ivan Vilibor Sinčić |
Founder | Ivan Pernar |
Founded | 2011 |
Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
Ideology |
Populism Soft Euroscepticism Anti-establishment Anti-globalisation Protectionism Modern Monetary Theory |
Political position | Syncretic |
Colours |
Yellow Black |
Sabor |
3 / 151
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European Parliament |
0 / 11
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Website | |
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Human Shield (Croatian: Živi zid, literally translated as "Living Wall") is a populist political party in Croatia, formed out of an anti-eviction group of the same name. Also known as Human Blockade, the group fights foreclosures by occupying property and forming a "human shield", hence the name.
The party grew out of the organization that operated until 2014 as the Alliance for Change (Croatian: Savez za promjene). The organization formed into a party ahead of the 2014–15 presidential election, supporting the candidacy of Ivan Vilibor Sinčić.
The party refuses to be characterized as being left or right and claims adherence to humanist values.
The Party believes that the current monetary system is unfair and unsustainable because it is based on money as debt, i.e. all the money in circulation comes as a loan with an interest rate that never went into circulation (only principal did), which is, according to the Party, the cause of many evictions in Croatia.
The Party stands for: