This Masters thesis explores pacifist operations in Slovenia from the first protests against the war in Vietnam in 1966 until the country's independence and the establishment of Peace Institute in the summer of 1991. Based on primary sources like newspapers, archival materials and personal testimonies of participants, and with the help of relevant literature, the thesis reveals an interesting transformation of the peace movement through time: from state-sponsored mass protests against the global imperialism to smaller-scale activism that focused on domestic issues. At the same time, tactics of operations, models, the most consequential actions, visible individuals of the movement and its relationship with authorities are presented, as are related topics such as ecology and actions of Amnesty International in Slovenia. All of this is put in a broader historical context, which is presented through a short overview of the history of pacifism since antiquity, and in two chapters focusing on student protests around the world and peace activism in the eighties, respectively.
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