ABSTRACT
TheChartermovementisthenaturalchildofCzechoslovakreal socialism.Unfortunately,thatforcedalliancebetweenthepowers thatbeandthepowerlessdidnotproduceachildconceivedinlove: itistheproductofarape.Theregimerefusedtoacknowledgeits paternityandbranded'failuresandself-appointees'ontheunloved child'sforehead.Thismark,however,cannothidetheobvious familyresemblance;itmerelyrevealstheconditionsunderwhichthe childwasproduced.
