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1989: Observations on my memory of change

by Stefan on November 9, 2009

 Statue on Straße des 17.Juni looking towards the Brandenburg Gate

It is 1984. I pick this year because it is where my political memory begins. Every Sunday we say prayers for “people who live behind the iron curtain”. At the heart of our pious plea lies the fear that South Africa will eventually submit to the tyrannical order of Communism ..

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Of dead villians and demigods

by Stefan on November 5, 2008

Today I am jealous of my American friends; of the opportunity they had to “… place their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more to the hope of a better day”. I stayed up all night to watch the events unfold because for me this is the most exciting political event [...]

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