Links
1989 Links
General
The revolutions of 1989 revisited--Stefan Auer
A Year After the Color Revolutions--Vitali Silitski
The Cuban Transition: Lessons from the
Romanian Experience--Michael Radu
The Communist Successor Parties in Africa after the End of the Cold War --John Ishiyama
Bulgaria
BBC On this Day (November 18, 1989): Protesters Demand Reform in Bulgaria
China
The Gate of Heavenly Peace--website for the The documentary film The Gate of Heavenly Peace, based on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
A Cry for Democracy Ends in Bloodshed
by Wang Dan
From Time Asia issue VOL. 154 NO. 12, dated SEPTEMBER 27, 1999
Wang Dan was a leader of the 1989 student movement in Tiananmen Square.
The Virtual Museum of China 1989
Czechoslovakia
BBC On this Day (November 24, 1989): New Era for Czechoslovakia
BBC News: Remembering the Velvet Revolution--Interview with student demonstrator Klara Pospisilova 10 years later.
East Germany
Berlin Wall Art: The Wall Before the Fall
Berlin Wall Project: A multi-medium performance space
Mauerfall
A commemoration of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and a 2009 Schedule of Events for 20th Anniversary
"Tear Down This Wall": Transcript of Ronald Reagan's Speech at the Brandenburg Gate
West Berlin, Germany June 12, 1987
The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Pictoral Essay
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Nicolae Ceausescu's Last Public Speech - 21 dec 1989
Revolutia de la Timisoara - 22 dec 1989 (The Romanian Revolution) --Video
Romania: A Country Study
Ronald D. Bachman, ed., Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1989.