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Fomenting Democracy: From Poland’s Solidarity to Egypt’s Tahrir Square

In conversation with radio producer Mike Shuster
Date: Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014
Time: 7:15pm
Location: Mark Taper Auditorium-Central Library
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It’s been twenty-five years since the ultimate victory of the Solidarity movement in Poland, a revolution that ultimately led to the fall of communism. Adam Michnik, a Solidarity activist jailed by the Polish communist regime for his dissident activities, and now among Poland’s most prominent public figures, discusses the legacy of that revolution with Yasmine El Rashidi, a young intrepid Cairo-based journalist whose essays and articles on the (unfinished) Egyptian revolution were nominated for an Amnesty International Media Award. Can a velvet revolution offer any useful lessons to a bloody one?

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