The fall of 1989
The Berlin Wall crumbled. Regimes toppled. But 30 years later, how much have things changed?
Thirty years ago, the citizens of Soviet-dominated Central Europe achieved something extraordinary: a wave of peaceful revolution that swept away the system that had exerted near-seamless control over their lives for the previous four decades.
The enormous impact of those events was obvious to everyone who witnessed them. Since then, a generation has passed. The Berlin Wall — and everything it symbolized — is just a memory, and it is tempting to view the events of 1989 as mere history.
That would be a mistake. In fact, that remarkable year has left an enduring imprint on Europe — and the rest of the world.… Seguir leyendo »