[werewolf]

I believe many "Czechoslovaks" feel with Tibet and also Ukraine these days. For those interested in history of "living torches" fighting for freedom:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Palach

[CyanBird]

Yeah, the cases of normal US citizens lighting themselves on fire to protest against the war in Vietnam was jarring, they would also do it right in front of the White House or other centers of US power

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Self-immolations_in...

[iancmceachern]

Thank you for posting this. It's history about my own country that I didn't know.

[soco]

In communist Romania, 2 March 1988... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liviu_Cornel_Babe%C8%99

[Claude_Shannon]

And in Soviet-occupied Poland... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard_Siwiec

[marius_k]

Romas Kalanta in Lithuania 1972. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romas_Kalanta