After the death of Josip Broz Tito, in the early 1980s, socio-political changes began in Yugoslavia. Initially, ideological upheavals occurred in Slovenia - a republic that was more economically developed, more liberal and, by economic standards, stronger than the other republics. Led by the Polish trade union organization Solidarity (Solidarity), which had a decisive influence on strengthening democratic reforms, the weaknesses of the established one-party regime were exposed in the communist countries of Eastern Europe. Intellectuals, social movements and the media in Yugoslavia became more active under the growing influence of the West and the Polish Solidarity movement. This ideological shift led to rapid changes in the late 1980s, when various means - such as print media - were used to shape public opinion. The political turmoil and political crisis in Yugoslavia, which were initiated by the rapid economic crisis, was an opportunity to weaken the Yugoslav model of statehood. The first demonstrations in Kosovo and Metohija deepened into the „Miners' Affair", that is, the miners' strike in the Trepča mine. The slovenian student magazine Mladina used the Jewish symbol, the Star of David, for an organized rally on the occasion of the events in Kosovo. Shortly thereafter, in 1989, the Slovenian youth newspaper Tribuna began publishing, as a feuilleton, excerpts from The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. This prompted the Federation of Jewish Municipalities of Yugoslavia to file a lawsuit with the state court. This paper will, through a retrospective analysis, show three discourses that emerged as innovative within the one-party system: the breakthrough of freedom of speech and expression in Slovenia despite censorship; the diminished sense of responsibility for public speech; the social atmosphere within the borders of the republic oriented towards ideological solidarity.