Thank you so much for this history lesson. Many political changes begin with students but too many adults dismiss student activism, or when the movements grow, forget that it was students who began the push.
A fascinating and informative history. The Granite Revolution veterans, in their 20s in 1990, would have been in their mid-30s in 2004 (Orange Revolution), their early-50s in 2014 (Revolution of Dignity), and today in about their mid-60s. The fight for freedom is a living, multigenerational heritage in independent Ukraine. The people of all democracies can learn from it.
Reading this post, I recalled the hunger strike of the Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland in 1981. It received extensive media attention around the world. I would be interested to know if the Granite Revolution protestors were aware of this fairly recent history.
Thank you so much for this history lesson. Many political changes begin with students but too many adults dismiss student activism, or when the movements grow, forget that it was students who began the push.
A fascinating and informative history. The Granite Revolution veterans, in their 20s in 1990, would have been in their mid-30s in 2004 (Orange Revolution), their early-50s in 2014 (Revolution of Dignity), and today in about their mid-60s. The fight for freedom is a living, multigenerational heritage in independent Ukraine. The people of all democracies can learn from it.
Reading this post, I recalled the hunger strike of the Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland in 1981. It received extensive media attention around the world. I would be interested to know if the Granite Revolution protestors were aware of this fairly recent history.