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Standing Up for Freedom . . .

Havel in the MediaStanding Up for Freedom . . .VHLFSeptember 11, 2020Source: National Review / www.nationalreview.com / By Jay Nordlinger / . . . and against Beijing and the Kremlin. Meet the mayor of Prague. Vaclav Havel was the leading dissident in Communist Czechoslovakia, and the first president after the Fall of the Wall. All over the world, he became a …Read more...

Album: Suzanne Vega – An Evening of New York Songs and Stories

NewsAlbum: Suzanne Vega – An Evening of New York Songs and StoriesVHLFSeptember 6, 2020Source: The Arts Desk / https://theartsdesk.com / By Liz Thomson / Suzanne Vega sprang to fame 35 years ago, her eponymous debut one of the last albums we bought in vinyl before the advent of that new-fangled format of aluminium aspic. From it came “Marlene on the Wall”, the video …Read more...

The Czechs are giving Europe a lesson on how to deal with China

Havel in the MediaThe Czechs are giving Europe a lesson on how to deal with ChinaVHLFSeptember 6, 2020Source: The Washington Post / www.washingtonpost.com / By Dalibor Rohac / Dalibor Rohac is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute This week, a senior Czech politician, Milos Vystrcil, visited Taiwan and delivered a powerful speech to the parliament in Taipei, echoing John F. Kennedy‘s “Ich bin ein Berliner” …Read more...

Václav Havel, master of the (political) Theatre of the Absurd

Havel in the MediaVáclav Havel, master of the (political) Theatre of the AbsurdVHLFSeptember 4, 2020Source: Radio Prague International / https://english.radio.cz / By Brian Kenety / At the start of the Velvet Revolution of 1989, Václav Havel was a 53-year-old playwright, essayist, and political dissident whose works had not been staged publically in Czechoslovakia since his blacklisting after the Soviet-led invasion in 1968. While the …Read more...

Democracy links Taiwanese, Czechs: Vystrcil

Havel in the MediaDemocracy links Taiwanese, Czechs: VystrcilVHLFSeptember 2, 2020Source: Taipei Times / www.taipeitimes.com / By Sherry Hsiao / Emphasizing the similarities between the Czech Republic and Taiwan, Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil yesterday said that their most important common trait and biggest strength is that they “freely and voluntarily chose to live in a democracy.” In a speech …Read more...

Tennessee’s anti-protest law is a step in the direction of authoritarianism | Opinion

Havel in the MediaTennessee’s anti-protest law is a step in the direction of authoritarianism | OpinionVHLFAugust 31, 2020Source: Tennessean / https://eu.tennessean.com / By Joe Hayden / Oh, the radical terrorism of tents. Apparently, a dire threat to the state of Tennessee is now …camping? A Republican-backed bill, now signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee, passed in the General Assembly in August, which makes setting up an …Read more...

Belarus is on the precipice of great change – and violent repression by a leader desperate to cling to power might only backfire

Havel in the MediaBelarus is on the precipice of great change – and violent repression by a leader desperate to cling to power might only backfireVHLFAugust 24, 2020Source: Independent / www.independent.co.uk / Steve Crawshaw / Alexander Lukashenko is shameless in his pursuit of power after two decades in charge, but the protesters have numbers on their side Belarus has been on a rollercoaster of despair and hope in the past two weeks. That terrifying and inspiring journey …Read more...

People need to be able to shape and control the world around them – Andrew Magowan

Havel in the MediaPeople need to be able to shape and control the world around them – Andrew MagowanVHLFAugust 23, 2020Source: The Scotsman / www.scotsman.com / By Andrew Magowan / Scotland’s first Social Renewal Advisory Board can set us on the path to a fairer, healthier future, says Andrew Magowan How we shape and control the world around us is the primary means by which we develop and express our …Read more...

Thailand Police Arrest Activists, Escalating Protest Crackdown

Havel in the MediaThailand Police Arrest Activists, Escalating Protest CrackdownVHLFAugust 21, 2020Source: The New York Times / www.nytimes.com / By Hannah Beech / BANGKOK — His offense was syncopated. And it rhymed. Dechathorn Bamrungmuang, a member of the Thai collective Rap Against Dictatorship, was arrested on Thursday on charges of sedition, human rights lawyers said, part of a mounting crackdown by …Read more...

Richard Fidler and the magical lure of Prague

Havel in the MediaRichard Fidler and the magical lure of PragueVHLFAugust 16, 2020Source: The Sunday Mornnig Herald / www.smh.com.au/ By Jason Steger / It was the very early 1990s and Richard Fidler was in love. Having just finished a tour with the Doug Anthony Allstars, he suggested to his beloved that they have a night in a swanky hotel. Fidler had recently …Read more...

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