Student protests in Croatia 2009, popularly known as Blokada ("The Blockade"),[1] 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.
[1] 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.
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.
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.