Sunday, December 28, 2008

The Singing Revolution

documentary

This was a very moving account of the eventually successful effort by the people of Estonia to free themselves from the Russian tyranny which was their unwelcome legacy of WW2.  At the time-1991-the world's focus was on the collapse of soviet communism and the breakup of the Russian empire generally and this story got buried. 

Too bad...it's a great story. The movement was entirely self-generated and non-violent. These folks used the power of their common culture, native songs and their sheer moral authority to expel the foreign body from their midst. It should serve as an inspiration to all oppressed people.

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