What is Croatian Spring?
'''Maspok''' (after ''Masovni pokret'' (Croatian), i.e. Mass movement) or the '''Croatian spring''' was a [[Nationalism|nationalist]] and [[Secession|secessionist]] rebel movement in the [[Croatia|Socialist Republic of Croatia]], [[Yugoslavia]] during 1971. The movement's demands were initially around the exclusion of the use of the [[Serbian language]] and the [[exclusive]] use of the [[Croatian language]] in [[Croatia]] (even though [[Serbian language|Serbian]] and [[Croatian language|Croatian]] are considered dialects of the [[Serbo-Croatian|same language]]), declaration of [[Croatia]] as a national state of [[Croats]] and [[Croatia]] as a successor to the medieval Croatian [[kingdom]]. Maspok's ultimate goal was an independent Croatian state.{{sfn|Trbovich|2008|pp=162}} The Maspok movement was supported by a lot of Croatian [[Communism|Communists]] and the [[Ustaše]] emigration in the [[West]].{{sfn|Levi|2007|pp=51}} == Movement political demands == There were three basic points the Maspok used to attack the [[federal government]] of [[Yugoslavia]]: distribution of [[Croatia]]'s tourism revenue in other parts of [[Yugoslavia]], the amount of money Croatia contributed to the underdeveloped [[Yugoslav republics]], and the question of the official Croatian language in [[Croatia]]. Maspok demanded recognition of the Croatian language as the official language in [[Croatia]], and the end of the Serbian language in [[Croatia]].{{sfn|Trbovich|2008|pp=162}} Maspok insisted on cultural differences between Croats and other [[Ethnic group|ethnic groups]] in [[Yugoslavia]]. .<ref>Vlastimir Sudar: A Portrait of the Artist as a Political Dissident: The Life and Work of Aleksandar Petrović, Intellect Books, 2013 page 203</ref> ''[[Matica hrvatska]]'' (a Croatian cultural organization) and ''Hrvatski tjednik'' (Croatian Weekly newspaper) published a draft [[constitution]] for the new Croatian state.<ref>Geert-Hinrich Ahrens:Diplomacy on the Edge: Containment of Ethnic Conflict and the Minorities Working Group of the Con