Posted on 11/17/2017 6:45:32 AM PST by Red Badger
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sam·iz·dat ˈsämēzdat/
noun: samizdat
the clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe.
Origin 1960s: Russian, literally ‘self-publishing house.’
a key form of dissident activity across the Soviet bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground publications by hand and passed the documents from reader to reader.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samizdat
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