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New book collects posters that helped shape 1989’s Velvet Revolution
Prague :: Czech Republic | 8 days ago
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They bore slogans like Free Elections, Teacher You Don’t Have to Lie to Us Anymore, and Havel to the Castle. Now many of those posters have been gathered in a fascinating new book.
Tags: velvet revolution, Czech Republic, Prague, Protests, Revolutions, Hospitality Recreation, Poster
Jan Macháček - music and journalism, before the revolution and after
Warsaw :: Poland | 12 days ago
Credibility In the 1980s he came to be known as a guitarist from the underground bands Plastic People of the Universe and Garáž. After the revolution he began writing for the independent weekly newspaper Respekt, his work earned him a great deal of recognition, and...
Tags: jan macháček, Jan Machá, Poland, Warsaw, Falvey, Czech Republic, Politics, Respekt, The Plastic People of the Universe, Velvet Revolution, Entertainment Culture, Religion Belief
The accidental uprising: How 'corpse' killed Communism
Prague :: Czech Republic | 13 days ago
Credibility For the past two decades, 17 November has been a national holiday in the Czech Republic. It is the day that marks the beginning of the Velvet Revolution of 1989 that brought down the Communist dictatorship which for 40 years had run Czechoslovakia, the...
Tags: Prague Spring, Martin Smids, Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel, Ludvik Zifcak, KGB, Peter Uhl, Wenceslas Square, velvet revolutions, Czech Republic, Prague, Theatre of the Absurd, Vￃﾡclav Havel, Velvet Revolution, Eastern bloc, Protests, Foreign relations of the Soviet Union
Roma families experience the dark side of the Velvet Revolution
Pardubice :: Czech Republic | 14 days ago
Credibility There has been no revolution here, velvet or otherwise, in the 20 years since the Czech Republic gained its freedom...All visitors must present identification and may only visit a specified family. The families here pay 6,000 crowns (£200) a month for...
Tags: Roma Rights Centre, Romany, Romas, Non-Roma, Czech Republic, velvet revolution, European Commission, roma children, European Union, Pardubice, European Roma Rights Centre, Roma minority of Hungary, Hungarian discrimination against Roma people, Ethnic groups in Romania, Ethnic groups in Russia, Roma, Social Issues
New National Museum exhibition showcases fascinating audio and video material from communist era
Prague :: Czech Republic | 15 days ago
Credibility English – is the title of an exhibition the Czech National Museum opened on Tuesday’s anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution. It is located in the institution’s new building, the former home of Czechoslovakia’s Federal Assembly, and is co-curated...
Tags: national museum, Czech Republic, Prague, Protests, Revolutions, Velvet Revolution
The beauty of the quiet revolution in Czechoslovakia
Prague :: Czech Republic | 15 days ago
Credibility Václav Havel had been released from jail only days before, yet he was full of what now seems an almost prophetic certainty. Thousands of his countrymen had written letters petitioning for his release, at a time when declaring solidarity with Czechoslovakia's...
Tags: Czechoslovakia, Václav Havel, Czech Republic, Prague, Civic Forum, Hrad, Czechs, Milouￅﾡ Jakeￅﾡ, Theatre of the Absurd, Vￃﾡclav Havel, Velvet Revolution, Wenceslas Square, Alexander Dubￄﾍek, Prague Spring, Protests
SLOVAKIA: Velvet Touch Brings Communists Back
Bratislava :: Slovakia | 16 days ago
Credibility As Slovaks mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism this week, former dissidents have lashed out at top political figures, including the prime minister, who they say are trying to paint the totalitarian regime of old in a positive light. Some...
Tags: communists party, communists regime, prime minister, secret police, Czechoslovakia, velvet revolution, Miroslav Kusy, Ivan Gasparovic, political prisoners, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bratislava
Prayer for Marta singer Kubišová recalls dramatic comeback during 1989's Velvet Revolution
Prague :: Czech Republic | 17 days ago
Credibility Performed by the 1960s Czech pop star Marta Kubišová, it had previously come to symbolise resistance to the 1968 Soviet-led invasion.
Tags: Marta Kubi, velvet revolution, Czech Republic, Prague
News 11.17.2009
Prague :: Czech Republic | 17 days ago
Credibility Czechs mark 20th anniversary of start of Velvet Revolution Czechs on Tuesday began to mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution with a series of commemorative events, exhibitions and concerts across the country. In Prague alone around...
Tags: velvet revolution, Czechoslovakia, Prague, 20th anniversary, Czech Republic, communist regime, czechs republic, Jan Opletal, Czechs, Vￃﾡclav Klaus, Pandemics, Protests, Revolutions, Jan Palach, Wenceslas Square, Vￃﾡclav Havel, Politics, Prague Spring, Czech people, War Conflict, Nￃﾡrodnￃﾭ tￅﾙￃﾭda, Eastern bloc, Racism, Homophobic violence, Neo-Nazism, Neo-fascism, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Civic Democratic Party, Foreign relations of the Soviet Union, Theatre of the Absurd, The Organ
Velvet at the Film School – discussing the legacy of the Velvet Revolution
New York City :: NY :: USA | 18 days ago
Credibility Radio Prague’s Jan Richter chaired a fascinating and lively discussion about the Velvet Revolution, its legacy and meaning for today.
Tags: velvet revolution, student activist, Radio Prague, New York City, Prague, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Entertainment Culture
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