2009 student protests in Croatia

thumb | right | Plenum of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in RijekaStudent protests in Croatia 2009, popularly known as Blokada ("The Blockade"),Mihaljević Jerko 2016-04-06 Što je blokada Filozofskog fakulteta, kako je izgledala i hoće li se ponoviti? https://www.srednja.hr/novosti/sto-je-blokada-filozofskog-fakulteta-kako-je-izgledala-i-hoce-li-se-ponoviti/ 2024-06-29 Srednja.hr hr were protests in opposition to the Croatian government's plans to reduce public funding for higher education and instate annual tuition fees for all students.Radic Natasa 4 May 2009 Student protests sweep Croatian universities http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2009/05/04/feature-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20121008231539/http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2009/05/04/feature-02 8 October 2012 11 June 2010 Southeast European Times The protests consisted of students taking control of their faculty buildings, including sleeping on faculty grounds, and preventing regular classes and midterm exams from being held. Timeline The protests began at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb on Monday, 20 April 2009, when the Independent Students' Initiative for the Right to Free Education started an occupation of the Faculty in Zagreb, Croatia.Klemenčič Manja Student engagement in Europe : society, higher education and student governance. Bergan Sjur Primožič Rok Council of Europe 2015 978-92-871-8117-6 Strasbourg 943597175 The occupation lasted for 35 days until 24 May, when the students voted to suspend the occupation.http://dalje.com/en-croatia/faculty-bloc-lifted-34-days-later/260322 Faculty Bloc Lifted 34 Days Later Horvat Karmen Dalje.com 24 May 2009 11 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100906131239/http://dalje.com/en-croatia/faculty-bloc-lifted-34-days-later/260322 6 September 2010 dead dmy-all One day after the occupation began in Zagreb, it spread to the University of Zadar (where the entire university was blocked) and then to other cities in the country, including Split, Pula, Rijeka and Osijek. Around 20 faculties and universities in eight Croatian cities were occupied at some point during the 35 days of the protest. The students who organized the occupation demanded the right to free education for all and the elimination of all tuition fees, at all levels of higher education: undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate. During the occupation, everyone was free to enter and leave the faculty buildings, but regular classes were not allowed to be held. Instead, students organized an alternative educational program, which consisted of lectures, public discussions, workshops, movie screenings and other events. Everyone was free to attend these events, regardless of being students or not. The administration, the library, the bookshop and other facilities within the faculty building were allowed to function as usual, and professors were allowed to operate as usual within their offices; including holding impromptu classes and oral exams.Gvardiol Tajana Zagrebački studenti blokirali referadu Filozofskog fakulteta 24sata https://www.24sata.hr/news/zagrebacki-studenti-blokiraju-referadu-filozofskog-fakulteta-237109 2024-06-29 24sata The central organ of student decisionmaking at the occupied faculty was organized and called the plenum (in reference to plenary sessions). The plenum was an assembly which any attendant, student or not, could participate in. All decisions were made strictly democratically by majority rule of all participants present at the session, including whether the student occupation of the faculty should be continued or ended. This initial occupation in Zagreb ended soon after the university administration announced that sanctions would be imposed if the action were not ended. The Second Blockade On 23 November the students occupied the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb once more. After nearly two weeks, the plenum voted to end the occupation on 4 December.https://www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/zagreb-prekinuta-blokada-filozofskog-fakulteta-2875394 Zagreb: Prekinuta blokada Filozofskog fakulteta 5 December 2009 Jutarnji list hr 10 November 2020 Support The occupation has received letters of support from individuals and organizations, both from Croatia and from abroad. Among those who have expressed support for their cause were Noam Chomsky, Judith Butlerhttp://slobodnifilozofski.org/?p=455 Letter of support from Judith Butler 5 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110728031826/http://slobodnifilozofski.org/?p=455 28 July 2011 dead and Slavoj Žižek. Students of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb co-authored a manual called The Occupation Cookbook in which they described the functioning of their faculty during the occupation.https://books.google.com/books?id=R3XfBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA336 Routledge Handbook of the Arab Spring: Rethinking Democratization Sadiki Larbi 2015 336 Routledge References External links Free Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: website of the student organization. May 2017 Category:Protests in Croatia Student Protests In Croatia, 2009 Category:Education in Croatia Category:Student protests in Europe Student protests in Croatia Category:Student strikes