In episode #19 of the Crimson Flag Podcast we discuss the Romanian counter-revolution of 1989. Although questions still linger as to what exactly happened in during the events of 1989, its now been established that elements within the Romanian Communist Party and the military had been working to bring the socialist government to its end as long as 6 months before the "revolution" began.

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Sources:

https://www.workers.org/marcy/1990/sm900111.html

https://balkaninsight.com/2017/12/18/romania-s-1989-uprising-was-staged-prosecutor-say-12-18-2017/

https://www.france24.com/en/20091220-twenty-years-later-timisoara-affair-exposes-media-credulity

Bohlen, Celestine. “Bucharest Says Entire Politburo Ruled by Ceausescu Is in Custody.” New York Times. New York, January 3, 1990.

https://www.politico.eu/article/thirty-years-after-romanian-revolution-questions-remain-death-of-nicolae-ceausescu/

https://www.romania-insider.com/iliescu-revolution-trial-may-2021

http://www.ceausescu.org/ceausescu_texts/ceausescu_chronology.htm