To commemorate tragic August 1968, when Soviet-led forces crushed the #socialist reforms of the Prague Spring, I'm re-reading The #Czech Black Book compiled by the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences a few months later.The topic was so compelling that a paperback soon followed
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25 August 1968 “We began to try to bring about a #socialism that would truly have a humane face….Today, our fatherland is occupied by the armies of certain Warsaw Pact members….a situation was created that threatens to destroy all trust in socialism.”
50 years ago this week, forces of the Warsaw Pact invaded #Czechoslovakia, crushing the socialist reform attempt of the #PragueSpring. Josef Koudelka of Magnum took photos that became an iconic documentary record
@shukugawarablog it was a typographical error: I fixed it