# A Monument to Freedom of Speech: Havel's Place **URL:** **By** Paul Meany **Published:** October 2, 2023 --- How civil society and authenticity defeated communism ## SUMMARY: Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Havel's Place in Georgetown, an episode dedicated to the dissidents of Czechoslovakia responsible for the Velvet Revolution in 1989, overthrowing the brutal communist regime without violence or bloodshed.