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Held in the "House at the Stone Bell" on Old Town Square (next to the Kinsky Palace). The children were amazing. I could not, unfortunately, stay until the end. On my way out, I took a few photos of the rally of Israelis under the windows in Old Town Square, commemorating the children's sacrifices in today's war. More photos in the PHOTO GALLERY.
I arrived 10 minutes earlier, unaware that in the same room there was a UNICEF event - life advice to high school students on how to cope with life. There were also Ukrainians in the public and the entrance was free. I reacted with only one sentence, when I recalled how Tomas Bata used the words "challenge" instead of "problem" (the lecturer appreciated). I could not stop wondering with what verbal aggressiveness the two young women organizers, who did not compare their behavior with the StB practices, immediately reacted. They insisted on leaving the room even though there were only 5 minutes left to go, despite my assurances that I was not going to interfere with the training any further. Not caring who I was, they refused my card. Provocatively, they stood right in front of me so I couldn't see anything - they were more polite from blind:-) They would need a course in basic manners themselves. Even the Ukrainians present among the public were surprised.
I used to regularly support UNICEF financially (I could still afford it). Both organizers were visibly "reprogrammed" by rules and regulations, which completely "turned off" their common sense, judgment and basic human decency. Nowadays, they are poised for a "successful" career... JŠ
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Prague 11. 11. 2023: Concert of the National Artist of Ukraine Pavel Dvorsky
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Today's young students: 'We have to decide between Karel Gotts and Karel Kryl' (from a discussion with students on ČRoPlus).
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TESTIMONIAL OF THE SAMET REVOLUTION - from Hana Lamkova's book SEARCHING FOR HOME. Who believed then that they would live to see the present state of society? By merely "jingling the keys" and not punishing the guilty, no evil has ever been eliminated, only strengthened. On the right, a photo from Rome (16.11.1989) – Swiss-Czech compatriots and meeting with the famous actress Sylva Lang, then living in London - incredible refinement, sophistication, a real lady. An excellent diagnosis of Jiri Krupicka's past and present times in the world, from the same book, follows. JŠ
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Jiří Gruntorád (* 21 September 1952, Prague) was a signatory of Charter 77 since 1979, a publisher of samizdat literature, a member of VONS; in 1980-84 he was imprisoned for subversion of the republic. It is shameful that Chartists today have to go on hunger strike for minimum pensions, while former StB members and high-ranking Communist Party officials enjoy high pensions - even for their contributions to the liquidation of Chartists and political prisoners. After the fall of the communist regime, he became the founder and director of the Libri prohibiti library of samizdat and exile literature. He is also the author or co-author of several publications on exile literature and a member of the scientific board of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes. Czech TV Events were silent about the hunger strike. Today, well-known civil activist John Bok will join the hunger strike from 17:00. More and more people are supporting Mr. Gruntorad. He doesn't need anything at the moment and "feels like in paradise":-) "
There's no way it can't!" Tomas Bata
JŠ
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Jiří Gruntorád started a hunger strike on 17 November 2023, symbolically at 5 pm, in front of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic for the resignation of Marian Jurecka from the post of minister.
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Statement by Jiří Gruntorád:
Dear friends,
Signatories of Charter 77, but also non-signatories (of course, my letter concerns more signatories). Last January, when I sent you a letter from Petr Pospíchal together with a government resolution on the anniversary of Charter 77, you could read in Petr's letter the following sentence: 'Let us hope that these values will be reflected in action'. The truth is that they have manifested themselves, and in an unexpected way.
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The management has taken a swipe at the CT reporters. The new head of Czech Television, Jan Souček, stressed in several interviews after his arrival that he would keep an eye on the Czech Television Reporters programme. As it seems, this is now actually happening. A few days ago, editor Ondřej Stratilík was dismissed from the programme. The reason for this was allegedly his trip to Sweden for a report, when the travel and accommodation for the public journalist was paid for by the Swedish Arms Association.
Stratilík was told by his superiors on 9 November that he should immediately stop all the reports he had distributed to CT reporters.
Wollner said it was most important for CT not to advertise the company in question. "We set that as a condition of the trip in advance, that we would not mention any of their products in any way. We told ourselves that we were going to make a political, military-political travelogue in a region that closely borders Russia across the sea."
At the same time, he stressed that the reportage is morally absolutely unquestionable. "There is nothing to question about the reportage. The problem is that Mr. Stratilík started doing a report on Mr. Strnad some time ago. Mr Strnad undoubtedly contacted the management of Czech Television, so the management of the television station did not delay, started looking for a year-old report and Mr Stratilík was, how shall I put it, well, fired from Reporters and offered a completely undignified job."
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In response to Havel's question if we should stop doing this, he replies:
"Mr. President, dear Václav. Politics is a service. We, as a family, have experienced it for almost a thousand years. You were elected President of the Republic for the second time. You didn't have to, but since you took on that service, the hard service and the ever harder service should oblige you to serve. Only if there are some quite extraordinary circumstances can you get out of that service, but otherwise your duty is to serve."
Czech society is in vital need of people of similar principles. They have it in their nature. It is usually the old businessmen who have values in them, who create them and pass them on to their descendants, who build on them and develop them further. They start and develop something that will have increasing, passed on value in the future. This determines the quality of life and the future of society. If these values disappear, the society will disappear, with deserved consequences. JŠ
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