<ul> <li> Covers protest movements and counter cultures across the Iron Curtain.</li> <li> Develops a conceptual framework to understand protests in different national contexts.</li> <li> Problematizes &ldquo;authenticity&rdquo; in the post-World War II era (which has hitherto been scantly researched).</li> <li> Argues that many cultural movements emerged parallel on both sides of the Iron Curtain.</li></ul>