The following ingredients, when added in correct proportions, will yield a “peaceful” revolution.
41+ years of Communist influence.
1 young national establishment.
1 failed attempt at liberalization.
1 stringent Warsaw Pact.
Many, many intellectuals invested in Czechoslovakia’s future as an independent entity.
Add salt and pepper to taste, and then you’ll be served.
Madeleine Albright, the first female US Secretary of State, was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1937.
Jan Palach was a student who brutally committed suicide at the end of the Prague Spring.
Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) is underground rock band from Prague, refusing to conform to Communist policies. A connection can be made to a current punk rock band, Pussy Riot, in Russia.
In 1993, Czechoslovakia was partitioned into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
In this political cartoon, Leonid Brezhnev is crushing the Prague Spring movement. The artist chose to employ a nesting doll, a symbol originating from Eastern Europe.
