The Danube Ever larger, the crowd continues toward the next intersection: Astoria, from the 1914-vintage hotel at the corner, evoking its atmosphere of luxury through the name of the then-legendary American oligarch and beaver-slaughterer. Here is the first change: the next section of the Inner Boulevard is blocked; we will now be turning right to…
The Start. 14:00, in the tunnels of the Budapest metro system at Deák Ferenc tér, the central intersection of three lines. A few first sightings of rainbow garb or décor among the crowd, passing around the ticket inspectors with their rather disturbingly fascistic-looking armbands. Up at street level. The square has far less of…
Demonstration 22.5 at Prague City Hall Eight-thirty on a Thursday morning: unusually cold for late May, drizzling rain slowly letting up. In front of City Hall on Prague’s Mariánské náměstí, all too often renamed by the city’s more cynical wits “Mafiánské”, a small group standing upon the steps as the council session begins. Black suits,…
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