Constitution Day - Then and Now This Saturday, 12 December 2015, demonstrators in Moscow wishing to take part in a protest on Pushkin Square faced rough treatment from the police. It's part of a long tradition, dating back to the mid-1960s. Then Soviet dissidents first pointed to the glaring discrepancies between what the Constitution (of … Continue reading Traditional Days of Protest
Category: Protests
Traditional Days of Protest, ’76 (43.2)
<< No. 43 : 31 December 1976 >> * Days of Protest in the USSR. THREE DATES: 30 OCTOBER, 5 & 10 DECEMBER * [1] 30 OCTOBER 1976: POLITICAL PRISONERS' DAY * In 1976 Political Prisoners’ Day was observed for the third time (cf. CCE 33.1). In camps and prisons the traditional hunger-strikes took place … Continue reading Traditional Days of Protest, ’76 (43.2)
