NPR People: Sylvia PoggioliSylvia Poggioli is senior European correspondent for NPR's foreign desk and reports from Rome, Italy; the Balkans; other parts of Europe; and the Middle East. Poggioli can be heard on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition.Prague Spring Ignored In Post-Communist Society- August 22, 2008 Tourists in the Czech Republic are not likely to find a plaque commemorating the failed democratization process known as Prague Spring and the generation of 1968. Critics say people want to forget there was a period of communism in Prague.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93747451&ft=1&f=2101034 Prague Spring: An Exercise in Democracy- August 21, 2008 Called "socialism with a human face," the Czechoslovak Communist Party's embrace of democratic reforms led the Soviets to invade that country in 1968 and squash the movement, fearing it would poison other Warsaw Pact countries. Today, little note is given to the movement or the invasion.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93720234&ft=1&f=2101034 Soviets Attacked Czechs' 'Virus Of Freedom' In '68- August 21, 2008 An attempt to mesh democracy and communism in Czechoslovakia by introducing free speech and freedom of assembly was squashed when Soviet officials invaded the country on Aug. 21, 1968.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93719386&ft=1&f=2101034 |