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1989 and all that: Plastic People of the Universe and the Velvet Revolution | The Observer »
Posted by: gamahuche 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Banned and jailed under Czech communism, the Plastic People of the Universe helped to bring the regime down in 1989. Inspired by Frank Zappa and ...
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When the wind of history blows/ The people, like lovely birds/ Grow wings: Eastern Europe in 1989 - and 20 Years Later >The Observer »
Posted by: gamahuche 3 months, 4 weeks ago in Political Opinion
At the start of 1989 communist regimes ruled eastern Europe. By the end of the year they had all been routed by public uprisings.
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Dalai Lama calls for dialogue, compassion in Prague »
Posted by: gamahuche 12 months ago in Religion
The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, 73, Nobel Peace Prize winner, called for compassion and support for dialogue in a public lecture on compassion ...
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Havel embarrassed at Czech Communists' comeback - press - ?eskéNoviny.cz »
Posted by: gamahuche 1 year ago in Political News
Prague - Vaclav Havel, former post-1989 Czechoslovak and Czech president, is not pleased to see the Czech Communists partly coming to power after the recent regional ...
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