Q4 next Thursday, based on Prof. Dubiel's lecture next Tuesday
For next Thursday, read R22 and chap. 13 (pp. 318-345)
Video review of last lecture: international and economic preludes
to fall of the wall (10mins.)
1985 Bitburg, NATOs "two-track" decision, increasing
permeability between W & E
dialectic of relaxed external relations leading to increased
pressure for internal reform
Chronological handout: the advantage of retrospection
Longer-term origins (see R22: since ca. 1980!)
periodization
6 October 1989 demands:
1. free access to information
2. open political discussion
3. freedom of thought and creativity
4. right to maintain pluralist ideology
5. right to dissent
6. right to travel freely
7. right to exert influence on government authorities
8. right to reexamine our beliefs [not to adhere rigidly to doctrine]
9. we the people demand the right to voice opinions in affairs
of state
7 Oct. 1989 statement by Gorbachev (2 translations)
East Germany's problems are nothing compared to those he faces
in the Soviet Union
"Danger threatens only those who can't react to life's challenges."
"Danger lies ahead only for those who are blind to what is
happening."
9 Nov. TV News ("Aktuelle Kamera")
Schabowsky's announcement that people have the right to apply
to travel freely to West
Brokaw's announcement that they can travel with no restrictions
two video documentaries: "Ode to Joy and Freedom"
and "From Partition to Unity" (20 mins.)