When Poland was under martial law, there was no tolerance for protest or public gatherings of any kind. People put candles in windows. When those were banned, they ostentatiously took family walks when the evening news was on, to show they didn't believe what they were being told
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The joy of successful subversion, of getting the authorities to play themselves, of subtext and double meanings, finding uncensorable ways to express dissent, all these school-like kicks against authority are no substitute for freedom, but they make the lack of it more tolerable.
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Photo of gold medalist Władysław Kozakiewicz flipping off an angry Soviet crowd at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. That the Polish government later had to attribute his gesture, broadcast live across the eastern bloc, to "involuntary muscle contraction" made it all the sweeter.pic.twitter.com/97G0cRwAY7
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Unfortunately, history shows that oppression can win.
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