Talk:Velvet Revolution

Please, see (in Czech). Zifčák did not play any significant role. He was just a secret agent among students. At that day, he was relatively lightly injured and later he fell down loosing consciousness because of stress. The hoax was created later by Dražská, independently on Zifčák. Miraceti (talk) 13:30, 17 November 2014 (UTC)

I had a question about the very first part where it talks about the history of the Velvet Revolution. It says that on November 27th the citizens all went on a general strike and that on November 24th the communist government leaders resigned. But that doesn't make sense, because the way it's worded and the order of the dates makes it sound like the resignation should have happened AFTER November 27th DUE to the general strike that occured, right? Because wasn't that why the citizens all went on strike? Wasn't the resignation their end goal? And then it starts talking about something that happened on November 28th after that...so I just wanted to ask for clarification on that.

Nadpouss (talk) 17:07, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

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Just wondering how this page can discuss the Velvet Revolution without mentioning the role of the Velvet Underground and Lour reed and the band "The Plastic People of the Universe". Reed and Havel both held each other in high regard — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.180.139.121 (talk) 07:25, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

By chance I happened to be in Prague as a tourist for several days as the Velvet Revolution unfolded. And I shot a roll of Ilford HP5 black and white negative film while there on Nikon gear. I have just had those negatives digitized. And the images are high quality and notable — indeed much better than currently used on this article. I will upload the images to Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons license in due course. But first I would like some help with historical interpretation before doing so.

Can anyone assist? Being able to read Czech signage would be useful. Please leave a message on my talk page if you can help? We can set up a Zoom video meeting if necessary. TIA, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 20:34, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Regarding the paragraph "Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia included students and older dissidents. The result was the end of 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia, and the subsequent dismantling of the command economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic." The information is accurate, but the second sentence compares the economic system to the political system. In the U.S., conservative, libertarian and neoliberal propaganda has deliberately conflated economic system with political system starting with the reaction to Roosevelt's successful New Deal economic policies. An example is the repetition of the fallacy that a socialist economy is, by definition, undemocratic (ignoring the existence of successful democratic socialism around the world). Someone should correct the above paragraph (and similar instances of misleading conflation). The "dismantling of the command economy" means transition to a market-based economic system. "Free market" is biased terminology promoting deregulation - equating an unregulated market with democracy. "Free trade" and "open markets" are also loaded language. I hope someone will consider this and edit this page. Theoryisn'tfactuntilproven (talk) 12:52, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Yesterday I uploaded some high quality black and white photographs that carry the tag Category:Photographs of 1989 Velvet Revolution in Prague by User:RobbieIanMorrison. An example is given on the right. It is best if other editors make the decisions about which of these images, if any, to include. Also, if anyone can provide interpretation and context, please discuss at the aforementioned category page. TIA, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 10:32, 31 October 2024 (UTC)