SISYPHUS EP2 RESISTANCE
Sisyphus EPS 1-5 (Full)
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43m
This episode of the documentary delves into the tumultuous uprisings that occurred under communist dictatorship.
Throughout history, mass demonstrations periodically broke out, with German workers rising up in East Berlin in 1953, Hungarian people launching a revolution in 1956, and Polish workers fighting for independent union. In 1968, the Czechoslovakian people hailed their Prague Spring, while Chinese protesters marched on the streets of Beijing in both 1976 and 1989.
Across the communist world, dissident movements mushroomed, each facing violent suppression by communist regimes, who routinely sent tanks to quash peaceful demonstrations and arrested, imprisoned, and executed dissidents.
This episode tells the stories of such rebellions and their leaders, who recount their personal experiences and struggles as part of these movements.
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