Cazin uprising

The Cazin rebellion (Bosnian: Cazinska buna) was an armed anti-state rebellion of peasants that occurred in May 1950 in the Bosnian towns of Cazin and Velika Kladuša in the Bosanska Krajina region, as well as in Slunj, Croatia. The modern-day countries Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia were a part of Communist Yugoslavia at the time. In 1950, the peasants revolted against the forced collectivization and collective farms by the Yugoslav government on the farmers of its country. Following a drought in 1949, the peasants of Yugoslavia were unable to meet unrealistic quotas set by their government and were punished. The revolt that followed the drought resulted in the killings and persecution of those who organized the uprising, but also many innocent civilians. It was the only peasant rebellion in the history of Cold War Europe.

The rebellion has been called many things including the Cazin Rebellion, Cazin Uprising, Cazin Revolt and 1950 Peasants' Revolt or simply Peasants' Revolt, among others.

Peasants made up three-quarters of Yugoslavia's population. The countryside had contributed the majority of the recruits to Yugoslav Partisans, Ustaše and Chetniks alike during World War II. They suffered much more than their counterparts in the cities. When the war ended and communist Yugoslavia was established, the new communist leadership forced peasants to produce enough food to satisfy the needs of the entire country and exports. This rule applied throughout the communist Balkans, and politicians were quick to curb independent political activity in the countryside.