{"product_id":"the-power-of-the-powerless","title":"The Power of the Powerless","description":"One of the most 'original and compelling pieces of political writing' to come out of the Soviet Union, published in Vintage Classics on its fortieth anniversary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVaclav Havel's remarkable and rousing essay on the tyranny of apathy, with a new introduction by Timothy Snyder \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCowed by life under Communist Party rule, a greengrocer hangs a placard in their shop window: \u003ci\u003eWorkers of the world, unite!\u003c\/i\u003e Is it a sign of the grocer's unerring ideology? Or a symbol of the lies we perform to protect ourselves?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Written in 1978, Vaclav Havel's meditation on political dissent - the rituals of its suppression, and the sparks that re-ignite it - would prove the guiding manifesto for uniting Solidarity movements across the Soviet Union. A portrait of activism in the face of falsehood and intimidation, \u003ci\u003eThe Power of the Powerless\u003c\/i\u003e remains a rousing call against the allure of apathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Havel's diagnosis of political pathologies has a special resonance in the age of Trump' Pankaj Mishra\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Havel Vaclav","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516627681341,"sku":null,"price":25.64,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-power-of-the-powerless","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}