Communism
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Václav Havel: "The Power of the Powerless" (October 1978), in my abridgement. Translated by Paul Wilson.
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A SPECTER is haunting Eastern Europe: the specter of what in the West is called "dissent"
Who are these so-called dissidents? What is the significance of the "independent initiatives" in which "dissidents" collaborate, and what real chances do such initiatives have of success? Can they actually change anything?
