Vaclav Havel

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• Performing Revolution: Velvet Oratorio

  
  J.B. Spins — Authority: 131
  On November 9th, world leaders past and present converged on Berlin to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. However, our own president was not sufficiently interested to attend. In contrast, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has found the fall of the wall and the ...
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• An Open Letter To Christopher Hitchens From A Recovering Young Contrarian [TYNANS LETTERS]

  
  Tynan's Anger — Authority: 131
  Cover via AmazonDear Mr. Hitchens,I was very pleased to have encountered your book Letters to a Young Contrarian. I was especially greatful to have encountered it this year, when I am 23, as opposed to 18, when it probably would have been the kind of book to change my life. No doubt, Mr. Hitchens, your views on being ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Velvet Prophet: Vaclav Havel and his Message of Responsibility -- Sightings

  
  Ponderings on a Faith Journey — Authority: 136
  Twenty years ago the so-called Iron Curtain began to rust away. First the Berlin Wall was breached, and then in place after place totalitarian regimes gave way to new forces. These past 20 years have not been easy ones for Eastern Europe, and the process of transformation is still underway. In this piece from ...
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• Velvet Hope

  
  Van Peebles Land — Authority: 124
  The Velvet Revolution of November 1989 is a true fairytale of democracy in which the winter-cold grip of a Communist dictatorship melted when peacefully confronted with the passion of playwrights, scientists and students. But Václav Havel, the poet and absurdist dramatist who was catapulted into the position of ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Velvet Revolution, Vaclav Havel, and Stanley Hauerwas…20 years later

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 474
  Vaclav Havel, center in red scarf, placing a candle at a Prague commemoration of the Velvet Revolution (Petr David Josek/AP) The New York Times did a nice retrospective yesterday on Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution on its 20th anniversary. I was 15 years old when the Berlin Wall fell along with all the ...
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• vaclav havel | writer and ‘revolution’

  
  poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground — Authority: 109
  NOTES from the UNDERGROUND No. 203 | November 17, 2009 VÁCLAV HAVEL (Writer and ‘Revolution’) This is the 20th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution , which led to the downfall of the Soviets in Czechoslovakia and the creation of the Czech Republic. Havel, one of my heroes, who speaks to a large part of ...
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• Vaclav Havel attacks Russia on anniversary of Velvet Revolution

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  Vaclav Havel the dissident who led Czechoslovakias Velvet Revolution has used the 20th anniversary to warn Russia remains a threat despite the demise of the Soviet Union.
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• Czechs relive student protest on 20th anniversary of Velvet Revolution

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  Thousands of Czechs retrace steps of a student demonstration that 20 years ago triggered the collapse of the communist state.
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• Rough as Velvet

  
  The New Republic - Health Care Feed — Authority: 697
  Thomas Omestad covered the Velvet Revolution in Prague for the December 25, 1989, issue of TNR . Read his piece here . The opening moments of what became known as Czechoslovakia’s “Velvet Revolution” did not feel so velvety. Nor did the outcome of those events--a largely peaceful triumph of the people over ...
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• The Velvet Revolution: A Perfect Example of Shared Leadership

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  I have just returned from the I nternational Leadership Association (ILA) conference in Prague, Czech Republic, and heard there the most remarkable story of shared leadership. Monika Macdonagh Pajerov, President of YES for Europe and an activist during the Velvet Revolution, presented a clear and concise account of ...
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• The Daily Habit: History

  
  The 115- Fear and Loathing in America: Random Babble from the Red-Eyed Counterculture — Authority: 138
  Long Live the Velvet Revolution http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_en_mu/eu_czech_velvet_revolution
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• Czechs mark 20 anniversary of Velvet Revolution

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Prague, Nov 15 (DPA) Former Czech president Vaclav Havel opened festivities in Prague celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, which toppled the communist regime in 1989.Lou Reed, Suzanne Vega and Joan Baez performed at the concert, on Havel’s request Saturday. Revellers also watched video messages ...
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