Contributions to the Slovene National Program (), also known as Nova revija 57 or 57th edition of Nova revija () was a special issue of the Slovene opposition intellectual journal '' Nova revija'', published in January 1987. It contained 16 articles by non-

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and

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dissidents in the

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, discussing the possibilities and conditions for the

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of Slovenia and the achievement of full

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. It was issued as a reaction to the

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and to the rising centralist aspirations within the

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. The authors of the Contributions analyzed the different aspects of political and social conditions in

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, especially in its relations to

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. Most of the contributors called for the establishment of a sovereign, democratic and pluralist Slovene state, although direct demands for independence were not uttered. The publication provoked a scandal throughout

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. The editors of ''Nova revija'' were called to defend themselves in a state-sponsored public discussion, organized by the Socialist Alliance of the Working People. The editorial board was forced to step down, but no public prosecution was conducted against any of the authors, and the journal could continue issuing without restrictions. The publications is usually considered as the direct prelude of the so-called Slovene Spring, a mass political movement for democratization that started the following year by protests against the Ljubljana trial against four journalists arrested by the Yugoslav military police. In the following years, many of the authors of the Contributions became active in the political parties of the

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, especially the Slovene Democratic Union.

Contributions

* Tine Hribar: ''Slovene Statehood'' * Ivan Urbančič: ''The Yugoslav "Nationalist Crisis" and the Slovenes in the Perspective of the End of Nation'' * Dimitrij Rupel: ''An Answer to the Slovene National Question'' *

Spomenka Hribar Spomenka Hribar (born 25 January 1941) is a Slovenian author, philosopher, sociologist, politician, columnist, and public intellectual. She was one of the most influential Slovenian intellectuals in the 1980s, and was frequently called "the Firs ...

: ''Avantgarde Hatred and Conciliation'' * Veljko Namorš: ''On the Use of the Slovene Language in the Yugoslav People's Army'' * Alenka Goljavšček: ''The Archaic and the Civic'' *

Jože Pučnik Jože Pučnik (9 March 1932 – 11 January 2003) was a Slovenian public intellectual, sociologist and politician. During the communist regime of Josip Broz Tito, he was one of the most outspoken Slovenian critics of dictatorship and lack of civil ...

: ''The Political System of Civil Society'' * Gregor Tomc: ''Civil Society under the Slovene Socialism'' *

France Bučar France Bučar (2 February 1923 – 21 October 2015) was a Slovenian politician, legal expert and author. Between 1990 and 1992, he served as the first speaker of the freely elected Slovenian Parliament. He was the one to formally declare the in ...

: ''The Legal Arrangement of the Slovenes as a Nation'' *

Peter Jambrek Peter Jambrek (born 14 January 1940) is a Slovenian sociologist, jurist, politician and intellectual. He is considered among the fathers of the current Constitution of Slovenia, Slovenian Constitution, and the most influential public intellectual ...

: ''The Right of Self-Determination of the Slovene Nation'' * Janez Jerovšek: ''The Slovene University Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow'' * Veljko Rus: ''The Slovenes and an Integrative Social Policy'' * Marjan Rožanc: ''Some Irrational Dimensions'' *

Jože Snoj Jože Snoj (17 March 1934 – 7 October 2021) was a Slovenian poet, novelist, journalist and essayist. He was awarded the 2012 Prešeren Award for his lifetime work and rich literary opus. He was born in Maribor, then part of the Kingdom of Y ...

: ''The Modern Christian and the Absurdity of Slovene Identity'' * Drago Jančar: ''Slovene Exile'' * Niko Grafenauer: ''Forms of Slovene Suicide''

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