General strike - mothers - children - Old Town Square

A brutal police action against peaceful march of students in Prague on November 17, 1989, sparked the Velvet Revolution, a series of non-violent demonstrations that toppled the authoritarian Communist regime in Czechoslovakia. Mothers with their children join the general strike in Old Town Square on November 27, 1989. CTK Photo. Prague, Velvet Revolution, November 27 1989, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators stage their support for striking students during a two hour general strike that took place in the entire republic. Students, together with mothers with children, nurses and doctors, actors and writers protest against the government at Old Town Square. The Communist regime is just about to crumble down

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13804542

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45409040

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CTK