Arts New book collects posters that helped shape 1989’s Velvet Revolution

27-11-2009 15:27 | Ian Willoughby

Exactly 20 years ago, during the Velvet Revolution, the country was flooded with posters, both home-produced and professionally printed, calling for change. They bore slogans like Free Elections, Teacher You Don’t Have to Lie to Us Anymore, and Havel to the Castle. Now many of those posters have been gathered in a fascinating new book.

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