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Czechoslovakian citizens flood the streets of Prague during the Velvet Revolution
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009

Open quoteTo be playing music was to be free.Close quote

  • JAN BRABEC,
  • the former drummer of the Czech band Plastic People of the Universe, on why his group, which helped inspire the Nov. 17 "velvet revolution" in 1989, kept performing despite police threats
Photo: Peter Turnley / Corbis | Source: NEW YORK TIMES