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Student protests were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, as the first mass protest in Yugoslavia after World War II. Protests then also erupted in some of the capitals of the other Yugoslav republics — Sarajevo, Zagreb and Ljubljana — but they were smaller and shorter-lasting than those in Belgrade.

On the night of 2 June 1968, students of the Belgrade University initiated a seven-day strike. The police responded by beating the student protestors and banning all public gatherings. Ignoring the ban, the student protestors then gathered at the Faculty of Philosophy, held debates and speeches on social justice, and distributed copies of the banned magazine Student. Students also protested against economic reforms, which led to high unemployment and workers leaving the country and finding work elsewhere. In Ljubljana, more than 5000 people gathered on Prešern square. They were violently dispersed by police units from Croatia using batons, tear gas and water canons. Hundreds were injured. Leading public figures, including film director Dušan Makavejev, stage actor Stevo Žigon, poet Desanka Maksimović, and numerous university professors, lent their support to the protests and in so doing found themselves running into problems in their careers because of their connections to the protests.

President Josip Broz Tito gave a televised speech on June 9, which ultimately led to the cessation of the protests, as he conceded that the "students are right" and gave in to some of their demands. However, in the years that followed, he retaliated against the leaders of the protests by imprisoning students (Vladimir Mijanović, Milan Nikolić, Pavluško Imširović, Lazar Stojanović and others) and by firing critical professors from university positions and Communist party posts.

See also

• Belgrade Six
• The Elusive Summer of '68
• Lipanjska gibanja [sh; sr]
• New class
• Praxis School

References

1. "Belgrade's 1968 student unrest spurs nostalgia". Thaindian. 5 June 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
   - "1968 in Europe - Online teaching and research guide". Archived from the original on 9 June 2008.

Sources

• "Down with the Red Bourgeoisie of Yugoslavia: An Analysis of the June Students' Insurrection in Belgrade, Yugoslavia" (November 1968). Black & Red. No. 3.
• Fredy Perlman (1969). "Birth of a Revolutionary Movement in Yugoslavia".
• D. Plamenic (March–April 1969). "Belgrade Student Insurrection". New Left Review. No. 54.
• Madigan Fichter (2016). "Yugoslav Protest: Student Rebellion in Belgrade, Zagreb, and Sarajevo in 1968". Slavic Review. 75 (1): 99–121. doi:10.5612/slavicreview.75.1.99.

v t e Protests of 1968
Movements	1968–69 Japanese university protests Zenkyōtō 1968 movement in Italy 1968 movement in Pakistan Civil Rights Movement Anti-nuclear movement Black Consciousness Movement Black power movement Black Power Revolution Chicano Movement Cultural Revolution Gay liberation Hippie movement Human rights movement in the Soviet Union Mexican Movement of 1968 Movement of 22 March Northern Ireland civil rights movement Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War Red Power movement Sexual revolution The Troubles West German student movement Women's liberation movement
Events	1968 Democratic National Convention protests "The whole world is watching" 1968 Polish political crisis 1968 protests in Egypt 1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia 1968 Miami riot 1968 Red Square demonstration 1968 uprising in Senegal Båstad riots Battle of Valle Giulia Ceaușescu's speech of 21 August 1968 Central Park be-ins Columbia University protests of 1968 Delano grape strike East L.A. walkouts King assassination riots Mafeje affair March of the One Hundred Thousand May 1968 in France Memphis sanitation strike Miss America protest Occupation of the Student Union Building Poor People's Campaign Prague Spring Presidio mutiny Rodney riots Shinjuku riot Silence March Takeover of Vanha Third World Liberation Front strikes of 1968 Tlatelolco massacre
Related	1968 Summer Olympics Anti-capitalism Black power Counterculture of the 1960s Flower power Free love Hippie Antisemitism in Poland Hot Autumn New Left Racism in the United States School discipline Second-wave feminism Years of Lead (Italy) Morocco Segregation in Northern Ireland Student activism Vietnam War Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

v t e Josip Broz Tito
President of Yugoslavia (1953–1980) Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1944–1963) Leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (1939–1980) Marshal of Yugoslavia (1943–1980)
Life and politics	Birthplace League of Communists of Yugoslavia Parliamentary elections 1945 1950 1953 1958 1963 1969 1974 1978 International trips Death and state funeral
Premiership	Titoism Tito–Šubašić Agreements Provisional Government Tito–Stalin split Informbiro period
Presidency	1953 amendments Balkan Pact Non-Aligned Movement Reforms 1968 student demonstrations Croatian Spring 1974 Constitution
Family	Herta Haas (second wife) Jovanka Budisavljević (third wife) Aleksandar Broz (son) Joška Broz (grandson) Svetlana Broz (granddaughter)
Legacy	Relay of Youth House of Flowers List of places named after Josip Broz Tito Awards and decorations received by Josip Broz Tito "Josip Broz Tito" Art Gallery of the Nonaligned Countries
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