Memory Against Forgetting

The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.

Milan Kundera

The 94 year old Kundera was born in Czechoslovakia.  With the failure to reform socialism in the Prague Spring of 1968 and the resulting suppression by communist authorities, the author went into exile in France.

Many Soviet, Eastern European, and Chinese emigres to the U.S. have expressed their worries about developments they've seen in this country over the past decade.  Some of the Eastern Europeans have now returned to their original countries because of what they see as greater freedom for expression.

This blog has touched on this issue a number of times, including here and here.