April 28, 2006 | The New York Public Library | New York City

With Adam Michnik, Gioconda Belli, G.M. Tamás, and Balthasar Garzón; introduced by Christopher Hitchens.

Discussed: the midwife of history; Galileo Galilei; normality vs. utopianism; the witty, the moving, and the grim; religion as revolutionary force; revolutions that didn't make it; the struggle against cliche; Spain as a model for democracy; liberation theology; and which revolution has the most life left in it. 

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• Entire event (1:41:46)

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• Christopher Hitchens offers introductory remarks (8:24)
• Adam Michnik discusses revolution in Poland (8:35)
• Gioconda Belli discusses revolution in Nicaragua (9:53)
• G. M. Tamás discusses revolution in Hungary (13:12)
• Balthasar Garzón discusses revolution in Spain (14:11)
• Discussion (46:57)