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The 1967 Protests in the Soviet Union Against the Government
Soviet dissent in 1967 was small and quickly punished: the January Pushkin Square arrests, the Sinyavsky-Daniel aftermath and Solzhenitsyn's letter to writers.
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Protest Behind the Iron Curtain
Dissent in Poland, Hungary and the Soviet Union around 1967.
The 1967 Prague Spring: A Year of Cultural Freedom
The Prague Spring was in 1968. In 1967 Czechoslovak writers prepared the way at the June Writers Congress, where Kundera and Vaculik attacked Novotny's censorship.
The 1967 Protests in Budapest: A Year of Student Activism
Open student protest was largely absent in Budapest in 1967. This article explains why: the shadow of 1956, Kadar's consolidation and the 1968 reform.
The 1967 Protests in Prague: A Year of Student Activism
On 31 October 1967 students from Prague's Strahov dormitories marched over power cuts and poor lodging and were beaten by police, a blow to Novotny's authority.
The 1967 Protests in Warsaw: A Year of Student Activism
Polish student protest peaked in March 1968, not 1967. This article covers Kolakowski's expulsion, the 1967 anti-Zionist campaign and the banning of Dziady.
The Prague Spring: A Brief, Beautiful Era of Reform
The Prague Spring of 1968: Dubcek replaces Novotny, the Action Programme and eased censorship, and the Warsaw Pact invasion of 20-21 August that ended it.
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