Berlin Wall

Lech Walesa to Sue Organizers of the 20th Anniversary of Berlin Wall Collapse?

Max Kolonko | Posted 12.14.2009 | World


Max Kolonko

Will Lech Walesa, former head of the Polish Solidarity movement, succumb to pettiness of our times? When we fight not with stones and fists but lawyers and tricks, and suffering always has a monetary value?

The Pope, The Arts, A Nation in Crisis

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

We as a nation have not been upholding ample support for the arts, despite the deep spiritual healing that it can bring -- its joys, its shared experience, its sense of what and who we are.

"Build, Baby, Build": How Dems Can Counter GOP Lies and Restore Political Debate

Bennet Kelley | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics


Bennet Kelley

Democrats have to respond to "Gingrich speak" by calling it for what it truly is -- propaganda, lies, and an attempt to deliberately mislead the American people.

1989 And the Fall of the Wall: Did Reagan Do It?

Jesse Larner | Posted 11.18.2009 | World


Jesse Larner

Regan probably hastened the fall of the Wall by a few years, but it could have fallen without him. It could not however, have fallen without the sacrifices of those living under Soviet Communism.

Why Europe Feels Rejected By Obama

New York Times | JOHN VINOCUR | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


Why would an American president not come to a celebration marking the fall of the Berlin Wall, and with it, the triumphant end of the Cold War -- one ...

20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall

Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea | Posted 11.16.2009 | World


Lord Weidenfeld of Chelsea

In the future much of the world's power -- however uncomfortable the word may still sound for Germans -- will emanate from Germany, where it is strongly rooted.

1989: A Slip of the Tongue on the Night the Berlin Wall Fell

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 11.12.2009 | Home


Lapham's Quarterly

"Good evening," he said in perfect English, extending a hand. "I am the man they say brought down the Berlin Wall. But it's not quite true, I'm afraid. And please don't mistake me for a hero."

Celebrating Berlin While Enabling Israel's Apartheid Wall

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

The 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall highlights both the inherent thirst for freedom and proclivity to hypocrisy ingrained in the human condition.

Obama in Asia: West Looks East After "The End of History"

Kishore Mahbubani | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics


Kishore Mahbubani

The loss of the West's moral authority is the exact opposite outcome that Western minds expected when they celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Gorbachev's Sermon on the Mount

Robert Scheer | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


Robert Scheer

When Gorbachev came to power he, like Obama, inherited a war that was not in the interest of his nation. If the response of a Soviet dictator was to end it, might we not be justified in doing the same?

The Fall of the Berlin Wall: Between Justice and the Cliché, We Must Choose Justice

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Bernard-Henri Lévy

We are in the process of leisurely confusing two things: cowardice and blindness -- the fact that we didn't want to hear and the fact that nothing was said.

The Wall: 20 Years After Berlin

Kevin Coval | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Kevin Coval

"The night of Nov. 9... was the fulfillment of a dream." German Chancellor Angela Merkel today concrete stretches into sky, twenty-six feet high. ...

The Man Who Did Not Start World War III

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


Eric Margolis

In 1990, I was the first western journalist ever allowed into the dreaded Lubyanka Prison, the headquarters of KGB, to interview senior KGB officers of the elite First Directorate.

20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Will Another Superpower Meet Its End in Afghanistan?

Loretta Napoleoni | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Loretta Napoleoni

Remarkably, Afghanistan seems once again to be shaping our future. It is paradoxical that the graveyard of one superpower should become a battlefield for the other.

Cold War's End -- The Wall Comes Down

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

The fall of The Wall signified the fall of the Soviet Union, and an end to the Cold War. And while this was of enormous historical import, I fear that future generations won't really pay much attention to it.

Berlin Wall Newscasts 20 Years Later: Watch Brokaw, Jennings & Rather Report The News (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.09.2009 | Media


Monday marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which provides a nice opportunity to look back at the coverage of the historic event...

Berlin Wall Anniversary (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


Germany celebrated the 20th anniversary of fall of the Berlin Wall Monday. Here is a look at this historic day in photos. Get HuffPost World On Fac...

Mr. Netanyahu, Tear Down This Wall

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, leaders are full of self-congratulation. But they bear large responsibility for another wall constricting human freedom: the apartheid wall dividing the Palestinian West Bank.

Music for the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Tim Mohr | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment


Tim Mohr

The awareness of mortality in 1980s nuke-pop was amplified by the inescapably bleak Cold War reality. With the fall of the Wall, much of the threat evaporated. The music, however, lives on.

Obama, Spidey, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Caitlin Kraft Buchman | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Caitlin Kraft Buchman

As we sit in our Democrats Abroad strategy sessions this weekend, the people of Berlin will celebrate their passionate victory bringing down a wall that no one ever imagined would fall.

The Post-Berlin Aftermath: Many Walls Still Need to Be Brought Down

Jean-Pierre Lehmann | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


Jean-Pierre Lehmann

While the Berlin Wall may have been torn down, there remain many walls that are defiantly standing and indeed new ones that have been erected.

Dispatch from Berlin: Forgetting Why the Wall Fell

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


Benjamin R. Barber

We still pursue the illusion that democracy can be imposed from without. That's not how it happened then, and it isn't how it happens now: not in the German Democratic Republic and not in Iraq or Afghanistan either.

Who Caused the End of the Cold War?

Joseph Nye | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


Joseph Nye

The end of the Cold War was a greater historical transformation than 9/11, but controversy persists about its causes.

Sarkozy's Berlin Wall Facebook Photo Raises Doubts

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology


PARIS — Where was Nicolas Sarkozy when the Berlin Wall fell? The French president suggests – in a casual post on his Facebook page &ndash...

1989

Ana Menendez | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


Ana Menendez

I was 19 when the Berlin Wall fell. The free world cheered. But not my family.