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This emerging consciousness and new freedom of expression developed into the Yugoslav student protest. But student radicalism is a matter of definition in Yugoslavia. They are clearly not very radical in the Western sense of the word. Most of the young people I met seemed to approve of their system of worker self-management...
...perspective, voiced by a few, is that worker self-management is "old-fashioned, inelastic, and unsuitable for all parts of the country." None of the students I spoke with was ready to offer a substitute. They are dissatisfied with its faults. One student journalist lists the "negative practices in Yugoslav socialism" as: "too large material differences between people, mutilation of personal freedoms, poor material help to students, bureaucratic institutions, and withholding knowledge from the society...
THERE are several possible reasons for this general allegiance in spite of protest. First, the young people in Yugoslavia possess a real pride in their country. Yugoslavia for centuries has been under foreign domination by the Turks, Austrians, and other major powers. Now it is remarkably independent. In Yugoslav cities people still often mention how the Partisans drove the Nazis from their land at greast costs, but without Soviet assistance. The students are tired of old men's war stories, but they have a deep respect for past suffering...
...Soviets did step in," said one very concerned ranking Yugoslav foreign service officer, "Yugoslavia would be fighting for her life. We all need hard-headed realism to survive around here." No matter what the nature of student discontent, the government does protect the precarious existence of their country...
Secondly, it appears that Yugoslav young people have a valid share in their society Youth in many ways are more recognized than in the United States. The Union of Yugoslav Youth (UYY), for example, is responsible for the organization of young peoples' activities from the ages of 15 to 28. With copious federal funds, it runs voluntary summer camps, worker programs, agricultural projects, and international exchanges. It also acts as a "youth lobby" in channeling opinions to the government. The leaders of the UYY are bright, ambitious, liberals. Several of them, as young as 27 or 28, are already effective...