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28/11/1989 Czechoslovakian Communist Party gives up monopoly

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Human Rights Education Video - Velvet Revolution - Narrated by Jeremy Irons - Vaclav Havel

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Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia 1989 NHD

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Velvet Revolution 1989

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Spring Came In November

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Vaclav Havel: The Velvet Revolution

The party leadership did not stand a pressure of the Velvet revolution and agreed to call the first contested election since 1946. As a result, the center-based Civic Forum won the election and the Communist party stepped down.
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