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Bulgaria Still Stuck in Trauma of Transition
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 913
The 20th anniversary of the removal of Bulgarias Communist leader went uncelebrated as many of the countrys people remain undecided about the benefits of democracy.6 hours ago -
The End of the Little Red Cars: Remembering East Berlin
Unsilent Generation —
Authority: 418
In this week’s 20th anniversary celebrations of the “fall” of the Berlin Wall, two images predominate: First, Ronald Reagan stands before the Brandenburg Gate, intoning “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Next, throngs of jubilant Berliners stream through Checkpoint Charlie, while others clamber atop ...8 hours ago -
Catriona Irving – Sitting On The Shelf EP / Naomi Hates Humans – Naomi Hates Humans EP
London Student —
Authority: 134
Catriona Irving’s EP Sitting On The Shelf features all the serene qualities of a hauntingly melodic voice reinforced by an undertow of collaborative instrumentals, courtesy of members of The Sleeping Years. Though using particularly simple lyrics, the beat of her title track is not only catchy, but it invokes that ...9 hours ago -
Cold War Leftovers
Why We Worry —
Authority: 128
Yesterday was the celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a symbolic event in the dissolution of the Cold War stasis that had divided Europe since the end of World War II. Many countries of Central and Eastern Europe have emerged from that past to adapt well to market economics and prosper. There have been some ...15 hours ago -
Anniversary of The Fall of the Berlin Wall - part 5
Hawksbill Cabin —
Authority: 127
Since the Wall fell I’ve been lucky enough to get back to Berlin twice – I mentioned the four-day stopover in 1995 on the way to Kiev. I stayed in Kruezberg at a little hotel near where some friends had lived, not too far away from Tempelhof Airport where I had lived. In the ’95 trip I spent most of my time ...23 hours ago -
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BrothersJudd Blog —
Authority: 569
How my party was betrayed by KGB boot-lickers (Gerald Kaufman, 04 November 2009, The Spectator) When in 1983 I described Labour’s manifesto as ‘the longest suicide note in history’, I was drawing attention to the party’s apparently irreversible meltdown as an electoral force. As leader, Michael Foot was ...1 day ago -
Where is the Berlin Wall now? (BBC)
Kelso's Corner —
Authority: 124
Twenty years ago this week the Berlin Wall came down and with it the Cold War unraveled. I dont remember the Challengar exploding but I do remember watching the slabs fall on the late night news broadcast. Check out the wall in Vegas in this photo mashup from the BBC showing where pieces of the wall have ended up.1 day ago -
After The Fall
Just Above Sunset —
Authority: 424
Married guys know it not just a tired but always useful set-up and running joke in television sitcoms – you don’t forget the anniversary. It’s a big deal. There’s hell to pay if you forget that, and even if you remember, you’d better make a big deal of it and plan something damned special, and if not all ...1 day ago -
Obama: Cold War Victory Is Not About Me
MANSIZEDTARGET.COM —
Authority: 118
Obama doesn’t want to celebrate the anniversary of the Berlin Wall’s beneficient self-destruction in 1989 for several obvious reasons: One, during the Cold War he was more concerned about the evils of helping the Contras and the El Salvadorans than with the much greater evils inflicted against Europeans by the ...1 day ago -
The Berlin Wall Came Down, But Now The Washington Wall Goes Up
Politics 24/7 —
Authority: 476
This week marked the 20 th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is the anniversary of an event worthy to revisit and rethink. Of the dominoes that remained standing during the Cold War, the Berlin Wall’s fall, set in motion, the end of communism in Europe. And not slowly. Within days of the ...1 day ago -
War! What is it good for? Liberating the East and engendering domestic civil society of course
ComingAnarchy.com —
Authority: 565
After my speechless commemoration of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I was left speechless after reading Robert D. Kaplan’s Wall-related Dispatch from The Atlantic . Kaplan plays down the geographic symbolism of the Berlin Wall (an “artificial border”) and maintains his theme of geographic determinism ...1 day ago -
Why I Didn’t Celebrate the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Russia —
Authority: 411
Don’t get me wrong: I cried as much as anyone when I watched the BBC 9 o’clock newscast from November 9, 1989 . In fact, it was precisely the raw human solidarity behind those unforgettable scenes that exposed the farcical, hypocritical and self-serving nature of the official commemorations marking the fall of ...1 day ago -
Uncle Jay Explains the News: Nov. 9, 2009
Bob McCarty Writes —
Authority: 556
In this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News, Uncle Jay tells us how television reporters are supposed to assess current events by (1) getting all the facts, (2) understanding the subject matter and then (3) talking about it. Unfortunately, he reports, they often move directly to the third step. Uncle ...1 day ago -
The Wall
Great Power Politics —
Authority: 112
When the Berlin Wall came down and ignited the opening of Eastern Europe to democracy and capitalism, I was just 9 years old. I remember thinking the ‘Cold War’ was an actual war that we seemed to be fighting permanently. Only while earning my Bachelors in history did I start to truly understand the event’s ...1 day ago -
History: A Retrospective on the Fall of the Berlin Wall 20 Years Ago
Mad Minerva 2.0 —
Authority: 483
Go here! 20 years ago, freedom won. Here is the quote of the day about that historical moment: There will be speeches and celebrations to mark this anniversary, but not as many as the day deserves. (Barack Obama couldn’t even fit a visit to Berlin into his schedule.) By rights, the Ninth of November should be ...1 day ago -
And then there was Alexander Dubček in the Prague Spring of 1968
Independent Indian: Work & Life of Dr Subroto Roy —
Authority: 123
From Facebook: Subroto Roy recalls that long before Gorbachev and Walesa, there was in the Prague Spring a man named Dubček…. this is a photograph published in his “Hope Dies Last”1 day ago -
Full-Length PBS Documentary - After the Fall
Free Technology for Teachers —
Authority: 605
I dont know why I didnt look on Snag Films earlier today, but if I had, I would have found this PBS documentary about the Berlin Wall. Heres how Snag Films describes the video: How could the most important artifact of the last half century completely disappear? A decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, virtually ...1 day ago -
Cold War's End — The Wall Comes Down
ChrisWeigant.com —
Authority: 465
It must be a little hard to understand, for anyone reading this under the age of about 30 or so, the significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago. Because one event has become historical shorthand for an immense change in the dynamics of not just our country, but the entire world. Weve all seen the ...1 day ago -
In black and white, before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall
disassociated.com —
Authority: 443
Some now and then (1989) photos of areas where the old Berlin Wall stood … the grayscale 1989 images make for a sharp contrast with the 2009 colour pictures to say the least.1 day ago -
For those too young…
LonelyMachines —
Authority: 113
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.In a way, I wish significant parts of it had been preserved. We need to remember the Zimmerstraße death zone. We need to remember people like Peter Fechter, who was left to bleed to death in a ditch after being shot during an escape [...]1 day ago
