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The exile who waited 20 years, three months and 16 days to come home
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The exile who waited 20 years, three months and 16 days to come home

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There were many times in the life of philanthropist Dr Jan Telensky that he thought he might never be able to return home.

Blue velvet of neigh-sayers and true velvet memories of our freedom days
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Blue velvet of neigh-sayers and true velvet memories of our freedom days

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George Orwell’s quote ‘all revolutions are failures’ has often been used on the anniversaries of the Velvet Revolution and the subsequent the fall of the Berlin Wall marking the collapse of the Soviet empire.

Around the world in 1989
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Around the world in 1989

Consumer Watch Foundation 1 year ago

List of the important events as they have happened around the world in 1989.

Why a foreigner stayed after stepping off bus into revolution
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Why a foreigner stayed after stepping off bus into revolution

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This is by Franklin Orosco who tells of his arrival in Slovakia in 1989…

Noon in Poprad as tanks open fire and young Jozef Bonk died
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Noon in Poprad as tanks open fire and young Jozef Bonk died

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The story of a young man who died almost two decades before freedom arrived.

Dubcek and the conspiracy theories surrounding a car crash in the rain
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Dubcek and the conspiracy theories surrounding a car crash in the rain

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In some ways this man was the architect of peace before the gentle revolution… but his death for many leaves unanswered questions

‘Bells were ringing, the story was over…’ how, on a grey November day, the gentle revolution began
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‘Bells were ringing, the story was over…’ how, on a grey November day, the gentle revolution began

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In 1989 on a grey November day, thousands of students gathered in the Czechoslovak capital, Prague, to recognise International Students’ Day.

Wish I was there… with Harry, Jim and Batman
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Wish I was there… with Harry, Jim and Batman

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…Well, I’m stuck here gents, in the last Starbucks at the World’s End. I’m drinking hallucinogenic brandy in my cappuccino. This is a very strange posting indeed. God, I’m bored. Just me, Starbucks, hallucinogenic brandy and these snow-capped mountains. I’m thousands of miles away from anywhere anybody’s ever heard of. […]

The Railway DJ returns to mark the day the music almost died
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The Railway DJ returns to mark the day the music almost died

Consumer Watch Foundation 3 years ago 4

Alexander Dubcek had a dream – and one day it came true. Sadly, it lasted only four months but he had given Czechoslovakia a small taste of freedom. The dream ended overnight on 21 August 1968. The Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia killed hundreds of people, many callously run over by […]

Understanding the Prague Spring and what happened
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Understanding the Prague Spring and what happened

Consumer Watch Foundation 3 years ago 3

History shows hundreds of people died in the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. Perhaps we’ll never really know how many. But we do know that a large number of them were callously run over by Russian tanks and war machines. This was the  “normalisation” of society by the USSR and  life […]

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