Velvet Revolution embraced Gandhian ethics of responsibility, commitment to human dignityNovember 28, 2019Source: The Indian Express / www.indianexpress.com / By Ramin Jahanbegloo / Let us not forget that the strategies of non-violent resistance, dissent and non-cooperation suggested by Havel were presented by him as different ontological modes of living within truth. They became successful in 1989 by echoing an ethical dimension of …
Thirty Years Ago, a Two-Hour General Strike Took PlaceNovember 28, 2019Source: prague morning / www.praguemorning.cz / By Lidia T. / Exactly 30 years ago, on November 27th, 1989, the work in Czechoslovakia stopped for two hours. Between 12 pm and 2 pm, offices, businesses, and factories began a general strike throughout the country. Where they could not interrupt operations, they …
Out of the darkness and waiting for the light 30 years after the Velvet RevolutionNovember 22, 2019Source: New Europe / www.neweurope.eu / By Sasha Borovik / Former First Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine responsible for the international donor coordination, and Former Acting Deputy Governor at Odessa Regional State Administration. The year 1968 remains one of the most turbulent years in modern history, marked by geopolitical …
Velvet Revolution memories bittersweet as Czechs worry for their democracyNovember 19, 2019Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / By Daniel McLaughlin / Nation marks 30 years since Vaclav Havel and fellow dissidents swept into power Tomas Halik admits questioning the scope of papal infallibility during a private Vatican dinner with Pope John Paul II in November 1989, when the pontiff told …
New generation of protesters links Slovakia with 1989 spiritNovember 19, 2019Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / Daniel McLaughlin / Velvet Revolution anniversary finds Slovaks demanding change after journalist’s murder Fifty-five years separate Martin Butora and Karolina Farska, but both see this weekend’s anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution as a time to celebrate three decades of freedom while calling …
Velvet Revolution: Prague’s ghosts of communismNovember 19, 2019Source: BBC / www.bbc.com / By Rob Cameron / The Berlin Wall had only just fallen when 15,000 students gathered in Prague on 17 November 1989. It was a moment that precipitated the end of communism in Czechoslovakia and is being marked 30 years on by the people of two …
Czechs Rally Against Political Leaders on Eve of Velvet Revolution AnniversaryNovember 19, 2019Source: The New York Times / www.nytimes.com / By Reuters / PRAGUE — Around a quarter million Czechs rallied against the prime minister and president on Saturday over concerns the pair are chipping away at democracy in the deeply divided nation celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Protesters …
Russia and China, controversial friends of the Czech presidentNovember 19, 2019Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / By Daniel McLaughlin / Milos Zeman’s ties with Putin and Jinping run counter to principles of the 1989 Velvet Revolution Hundreds of thousands of Czechs are expected to gather in the streets of Prague this weekend, just as they did 30 years ago …
Metamorphosis in PragueNovember 19, 2019Source: Tablet mag / www.tabletmag.com / By Edward Serotta / On the 30-year anniversary of the Velvet Revolution ending Communism in Czechoslovakia, notes on how to transform a one-party state into a democracy in a matter of weeks It was Oct. 17, 1989, and I was driving up from my …
The Exposure of the Republican PartyNovember 16, 2019Source: The Atlantic / www.theatlantic.com / By Peter Wehner / The GOP will not be a great or good party until those who lead it straighten their backbone. The first day of public hearings into the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump included an explosive revelation. William B. Taylor Jr., …
Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution – archive, November 1989November 16, 2019Source: The Guardian / www.theguardian.com/ By Michael Simmons / The brutal suppression of a student demonstration in Prague on 17 November 1989 sparked anti-government protests across Czechoslovakia which toppled the communist regime. See how the Guardian reported events. Czech riot police beat protesters: 50,000 call for freedom and end to …
The fragile lightness of freedom: the Berlin Wall, thirty years onNovember 14, 2019Source: open Democracy / www.opendemocracy.net / Alvaro Vasconcelos / What the fall of the Wall and the last thirty years should have taught us is that without freedom there is no equality, and without equality freedom is fragile and vulnerable. Thirty years after it disappeared, the memory of the Wall …
‘We Have Advanced to the Same Kind of Mess as Everybody Else’November 14, 2019Source: The New York Times / nytimes.com / By Alison Smale / Central and Eastern Europe’s transition to democracy has not been smooth. But there are grounds for hope. PRAGUE — Thirty autumns ago, across Central and Eastern Europe, everything fell in one great swoop. The foliage. The Berlin Wall. …
The politics of the 1930s are still playing out in Eastern EuropeNovember 14, 2019Source: The Washington Post / www.washingtonpost.com / By Jackson Diehl / On the night after the Berlin Wall fell, as I watched crowds of delirious East Germans surge down West Berlin’s broad Kurfürstendamm street, it didn’t occur to me that history was ending. On the contrary, it seemed that in …
World leaders mark fall of Berlin Wall with warning about democracy: ‘We must not succumb to the populists’November 12, 2019Source: Independent / www.independent.co.uk / By Borzou Daragahi / Mass protests had been erupting throughout eastern Europe for months. In Czechoslovakia, a poet named Vaclav Havel was leading the “velvet revolution”. Poland had already ripped off the yoke of single-party Communist rule. And protesters were out in the streets in …
Velvet Revolution embraced Gandhian ethics of responsibility, commitment to human dignity November 28, 2019 Source: The Indian Express / www.indianexpress.com / By Ramin Jahanbegloo / Let us not forget that the strategies of non-violent resistance, dissent and non-cooperation suggested by Havel were presented by him as different ontological modes of living within truth. They became successful in 1989 by echoing an ethical dimension of …
Thirty Years Ago, a Two-Hour General Strike Took Place November 28, 2019 Source: prague morning / www.praguemorning.cz / By Lidia T. / Exactly 30 years ago, on November 27th, 1989, the work in Czechoslovakia stopped for two hours. Between 12 pm and 2 pm, offices, businesses, and factories began a general strike throughout the country. Where they could not interrupt operations, they …
Out of the darkness and waiting for the light 30 years after the Velvet Revolution November 22, 2019 Source: New Europe / www.neweurope.eu / By Sasha Borovik / Former First Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine responsible for the international donor coordination, and Former Acting Deputy Governor at Odessa Regional State Administration. The year 1968 remains one of the most turbulent years in modern history, marked by geopolitical …
Velvet Revolution memories bittersweet as Czechs worry for their democracy November 19, 2019 Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / By Daniel McLaughlin / Nation marks 30 years since Vaclav Havel and fellow dissidents swept into power Tomas Halik admits questioning the scope of papal infallibility during a private Vatican dinner with Pope John Paul II in November 1989, when the pontiff told …
New generation of protesters links Slovakia with 1989 spirit November 19, 2019 Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / Daniel McLaughlin / Velvet Revolution anniversary finds Slovaks demanding change after journalist’s murder Fifty-five years separate Martin Butora and Karolina Farska, but both see this weekend’s anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution as a time to celebrate three decades of freedom while calling …
Velvet Revolution: Prague’s ghosts of communism November 19, 2019 Source: BBC / www.bbc.com / By Rob Cameron / The Berlin Wall had only just fallen when 15,000 students gathered in Prague on 17 November 1989. It was a moment that precipitated the end of communism in Czechoslovakia and is being marked 30 years on by the people of two …
Czechs Rally Against Political Leaders on Eve of Velvet Revolution Anniversary November 19, 2019 Source: The New York Times / www.nytimes.com / By Reuters / PRAGUE — Around a quarter million Czechs rallied against the prime minister and president on Saturday over concerns the pair are chipping away at democracy in the deeply divided nation celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Protesters …
Russia and China, controversial friends of the Czech president November 19, 2019 Source: The Irish Times / www.irishtimes.com / By Daniel McLaughlin / Milos Zeman’s ties with Putin and Jinping run counter to principles of the 1989 Velvet Revolution Hundreds of thousands of Czechs are expected to gather in the streets of Prague this weekend, just as they did 30 years ago …
Metamorphosis in Prague November 19, 2019 Source: Tablet mag / www.tabletmag.com / By Edward Serotta / On the 30-year anniversary of the Velvet Revolution ending Communism in Czechoslovakia, notes on how to transform a one-party state into a democracy in a matter of weeks It was Oct. 17, 1989, and I was driving up from my …
The Exposure of the Republican Party November 16, 2019 Source: The Atlantic / www.theatlantic.com / By Peter Wehner / The GOP will not be a great or good party until those who lead it straighten their backbone. The first day of public hearings into the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump included an explosive revelation. William B. Taylor Jr., …
Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution – archive, November 1989 November 16, 2019 Source: The Guardian / www.theguardian.com/ By Michael Simmons / The brutal suppression of a student demonstration in Prague on 17 November 1989 sparked anti-government protests across Czechoslovakia which toppled the communist regime. See how the Guardian reported events. Czech riot police beat protesters: 50,000 call for freedom and end to …
The fragile lightness of freedom: the Berlin Wall, thirty years on November 14, 2019 Source: open Democracy / www.opendemocracy.net / Alvaro Vasconcelos / What the fall of the Wall and the last thirty years should have taught us is that without freedom there is no equality, and without equality freedom is fragile and vulnerable. Thirty years after it disappeared, the memory of the Wall …
‘We Have Advanced to the Same Kind of Mess as Everybody Else’ November 14, 2019 Source: The New York Times / nytimes.com / By Alison Smale / Central and Eastern Europe’s transition to democracy has not been smooth. But there are grounds for hope. PRAGUE — Thirty autumns ago, across Central and Eastern Europe, everything fell in one great swoop. The foliage. The Berlin Wall. …
The politics of the 1930s are still playing out in Eastern Europe November 14, 2019 Source: The Washington Post / www.washingtonpost.com / By Jackson Diehl / On the night after the Berlin Wall fell, as I watched crowds of delirious East Germans surge down West Berlin’s broad Kurfürstendamm street, it didn’t occur to me that history was ending. On the contrary, it seemed that in …
World leaders mark fall of Berlin Wall with warning about democracy: ‘We must not succumb to the populists’ November 12, 2019 Source: Independent / www.independent.co.uk / By Borzou Daragahi / Mass protests had been erupting throughout eastern Europe for months. In Czechoslovakia, a poet named Vaclav Havel was leading the “velvet revolution”. Poland had already ripped off the yoke of single-party Communist rule. And protesters were out in the streets in …