[DOC] [TLE] The Velvet Revolution: A Peaceful End to Communism in ... [PAR] Czechoslovakia's Communist Party took efforts to prevent Gorbachev's reforms 
from being enacted ... Havel, an author, playwright, and poet, used his talent to 
craft the movement's ... On November 19, 1989, Havel founded the Civic Forum. 
... to unite the Czechoslovak opposition in order to overthrow the Communist 
regime. [DOC] [TLE] Velvet Revolution - Wikipedia [PAR] The Velvet Revolution (Czech: sametov revoluce) or Gentle Revolution (Slovak: 
nen revolcia) was a non-violent transition of power in what was then 
Czechoslovakia. The period of upheaval and transition took place from 
November 17 to December 29, 1989 ... The end result was the end of 41 years of 
Stalinist rule in Czechoslovakia,... [DOC] [TLE] Civic Forum - Wikipedia [PAR] The Civic Forum (Czech: Obansk frum, OF) was a political movement in the 
Czech part of ... In December 1989, Jan Urban became the Forum's chairman 
after Havel's ... of foreign affairs Ji Dienstbier, formed the Civic Movement (
Obansk hnut). Klaus stated that the two parties would rule as a coalition until 
the 1992... [DOC] [TLE] Coming to Terms with the Communist Past: The Czech Case from a ... [PAR] Is retroactive justice a threat to the rule of law and to political stability or is a clear 
... of the pre-1989 past, and enjoys the consistent support of part of Czech society
. ... It is quite clear that exiting from communism in Czechoslovakia after 20 years 
of ... It was more the restraint, the self-limitation of the Civic Forum leaders who... [DOC] [TLE] Articles about Civic Forum Organization by Date - Page 2 - latimes [PAR] YOU ARE HERE: LAT HomeCollectionsCivic Forum Organization ... 
December 16, 1989 | DAVID LAUTER, TIMES STAFF WRITER ... 
Czechoslovakia's new foreign minister, a non-Communist, declared Thursday 
that the ... Prague Cheers a New Regime : East Bloc: A Czechoslovak coalition 
government is sworn in. [DOC] [TLE] Resistance and Revolution: Vaclav Havel's Czechoslovakia on JSTOR [PAR] This invasion, which took place on August 21, 1968, had crushed Dubek's 
Prague ... Havel's years in prison, like those of a fair number of other opposition 
figures, .... By september, 1989 the Czechoslovak communist regime was 
beginning to .... a press conference in his apartment to announce the formation of 
Civic Forum. [DOC] [TLE] Havel at Columbia: Timeline [PAR] 1948, February Revolution; the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia seizes 
control ... In November he was invited to speak at a conference of the official 
Writers' Union, ... Charter 77 and the Power of the Powerless, 1977-1989 ..... 
Havel and other Civic Forum leaders meet with the Communist government for 
the third time. [DOC] [TLE] Vclav Havel (1936-2011) - Media Law Resource Center [PAR] He continued to write and speak out, calling on the government to respect human 
rights, and ... government in 1989, he was elected president of Czechoslovakia. 
... In his writings, President Havel criticized the Communist regime for bullying the 
.... The Civic Forum, a coalition of opposition groups pressing for democratic... [DOC] [TLE] CommunistCrimes.org - Historical Overview [PAR] In 1939 after the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia, puppet state of Slovakia was 
... in the government, the police and the army, the Communists consolidated their 
... the most violent of these took place in Bulgaria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. 
..... On 19 November 1989, a free association called the Civic Forum was set up... [DOC] [TLE] CLAMOR IN EUROPE - Czech Opposition Forum To Enter Free ... [PAR] LEAD: Civic Forum, the two-week-old opposition movement in ... the country 
holds its first free elections since the postwar Communist takeover. ... Published: 
December 5, 1989 ... group met with the Communist authorities to discuss 
forming a new cabinet. ... reflect the distribution of political forces in 
Czechoslovak society.''. [DOC] [TLE] Vaclav Havel hero file - Moreorless [PAR] Jan 18, 2013 ... Cause: Liberation of Czechoslovakia from communist regime. ... Nonconformist 
artists, poets and

Question: In 1989 this writer took the lead in forming the Civic Forum which opposed Czechoslovakia's Communist regime
Answer: Vaclav Havel