Why Every Progressive Should Read The Good Soldier Švejk A copy of The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War—a classic comedy by Jaroslav Hašek, a countryman, contemporary and peer of Franz Kafka—is never far from my desk. I leaf through i…

The Czech people deployed humor and subterfuge to thwart the Soviets when they brought authoritarianism to Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. Here’s a story about how they used a WWI era novel as a blueprint.
#Resist #HowToCope #SatireIsAnAntidote

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Why Every Progressive Should Read The Good Soldier Švejk A copy of The Good Soldier Švejk and His Fortunes in the World War—a classic comedy by Jaroslav Hašek, a countryman, contemporary and peer of Franz Kafka—is never far from my desk. I leaf through i…

The Czech people deployed humor and subterfuge to thwart the Soviets when they brought authoritarianism to Czechoslovakia in the 1960s. Here’s a story about how they used a WWI era novel as a blueprint. #Resist #HowToCope #SatireIsAnAntidote