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Baltic Way
- neverminder 7y agoThe biggest event of the "Singing Revolution". 7 months later Lithuania declared independence effectively becoming the first domino to fall. Other nations followed within weeks resulting in collapse of the Soviet Union.
- newsreview1 7y agoWhat's more, is that individuals from Hong Kong are planning to recreate the Baltic Way this Friday night with the Hong Kong Way, totaling 32km https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/19/protesters-call-pro-democracy-human-chain-across-hong-kong-30th-anniversary-baltic-way/?fbclid=IwAR05CvjzBzPP8iBxs6_XTwzjF8D2sCCupSkH5ioCxuHb4YIN26WmkjkPXfU https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/08/19/protesters-call-pro-de...
- telaandrews 7y agoI toured the "Corner House", the Cheka headquarters in Riga a couple weeks ago. After seeing the prison and execution room, it was really moving to hear about the Baltic Way. It was a powerful symbol to the powers of oppression, and incredibly brave.
- severino 7y agoAnother one, more recent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Way https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_Way