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Have We Learned Any Lessons?

Havel in the MediaHave We Learned Any Lessons?VHLFFebruary 23, 2020Source: The American Interest / www.the-american-interest.com / By Martin Palous & David J. Kramer / Vaclav Havel’s historic speech to Congress is a reminder that we all bear responsibility for effecting change. Thirty years ago, on February 21, 1990, the new president of Czechoslovakia addressed a joint session of the …Read more...

Is Prague trolling Moscow by honouring slain Putin critic?

Havel in the MediaIs Prague trolling Moscow by honouring slain Putin critic?VHLFFebruary 16, 2020Source: Aljazeera / www.aljazeera.com / By Tim Gosling / The square on which the Russian embassy stands will be renamed to honour Boris Nemtsov, killed near the Kremlin in 2015. Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech capital risks angering the Kremlin with plans to rename a public square after murdered …Read more...

Manifestations of Artistic Expression

Havel in the MediaManifestations of Artistic ExpressionVHLFFebruary 10, 2020Source: Ezega News / www.ezega.com / By Abel Merawi / February 7, 2020 (Ezega.com) — When archeologists and evolutionary biologists study the development of human beings, they look for cave drawings and other artistic expressions such as tool making. These are important since they are manifestations of mental progress. On …Read more...

Ivan Kral, Rocker With Patti Smith and Others, Is Dead at 71

Havel in the MediaIvan Kral, Rocker With Patti Smith and Others, Is Dead at 71VHLFFebruary 7, 2020Source: The New York Times / wwww.nytimes.com / By Jim Farber / A key figure in New York’s creative underground of the 1970s, he was also a filmmaker who chronicled the early days of the punk scene. Ivan Kral, a Czech-born musician whose integral role in the Patti Smith Group, …Read more...

The Downfall of the Republican Party

Havel in the MediaThe Downfall of the Republican PartyVHLFFebruary 5, 2020Source: The Atlantic / www.theatlantic.com / By Peter Wehner / To see men and women who had a positive vision beaten down and broken by Trump is a poignant thing. On Friday, Republicans in the United States Senate—with the exception of Mitt Romney and Susan Collins—voted to prevent John Bolton, …Read more...

VHLF & DAMU announce a contest for the students of drama and performance studies

AwardsVHLF & DAMU announce a contest for the students of drama and performance studiesVHLFFebruary 4, 2020Vaclav Havel Library Foundation together with the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) announce a contest for students of drama and performance studies for the best mini-drama inspired by the quote from the play The Memorandum written by Vaclav Havel In scene twelve, the main …Read more...

Review: City Garage opens a window to life behind the Iron Curtain in ‘Largo Desolato’

TheaterReview: City Garage opens a window to life behind the Iron Curtain in ‘Largo Desolato’VHLFFebruary 4, 2020Source: Los Angeles Times / www.latimes.com / By Philip Brandes / Amid the factual free-fall of an Orwellian police state, taking a stand for truth may not be the heroic act it’s cracked up to be. Just ask professor Leopold Nettles, the all-too-flawed dissident writer in Václav Havel’s “Largo Desolato.” …Read more...

Gandhi’s legacy

Havel in the MediaGandhi’s legacyVHLFJanuary 28, 2020Source: The Frederik News-Post / www.fredericknewspost.com / By Anadi Naik / For four decades, through nonviolent direct action and passive resistance, Mahatma Gandhi meticulously prepared his people for freedom. During a period when the civilized world was fighting one worldwide war after another, he was arming his people with no …Read more...

Yes, Putin cares about Trump’s impeachment trial — but not for the reason you might imagine

Havel in the MediaYes, Putin cares about Trump’s impeachment trial — but not for the reason you might imagineVHLFJanuary 26, 2020Source: The Washington Post / www.washingtonpost.com / by Jessica Pisano / Some puzzles buried in the House’s articles of impeachment may not be solved during the Senate trial. For instance, why did Trump ask Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to announce an investigation of Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company on whose …Read more...

As Others See It: Roger Scruton was a philosopher of a ‘humane and moderate politics’

Havel in the MediaAs Others See It: Roger Scruton was a philosopher of a ‘humane and moderate politics’VHLFJanuary 18, 2020Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / www.post-gazette.com / The British conservative died Sunday at 75 / In May 1968, visiting his girlfriend in Paris, Roger Scruton, age 24, watched from an apartment window as students overturned cars and lampposts and threw stones at police. For seven weeks the civil unrest raged, paralyzing …Read more...

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