[lbo-talk] Moe confirms
Andy
andy274 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 6 13:44:19 PDT 2010
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> [WS:] I thought that the name "velvet revolution" comes from the
> attire (cheap velvet suits) popular among underground activists in EE.
I thought it was because it went so smoothly, without a lot of the
drama that occured elsewhere at the time.
They also called the breakup of Czechoslovakia the velvet divorce (in
comparison to Yugoslavia).
--
Andy
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