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The "Baltic Chain", in which 25% of the population of the Baltic states formed a human line hundreds of miles long to protest Soviet domination, 1989 (media.kbin.social)
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[-] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 28 points 10 months ago

I was there!

[-] bigbluealien@kbin.social 16 points 10 months ago

How did it feel? Assuming you where old enough to understand and either way how does it feel looking back? I can't imagine anything that would bring 25% of my country together like this

[-] palitu@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

I agree, that is an amazing thing to be part of. Would love to hear more.

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