Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
Warsaw Chibvumirano kupindirwa kweCzechoslovakia muna Nyamavhuvhu 1968, Havel akabatsira kurwisa nekupa nhoroondo yepamhepo kuburikidza neRadio Free Czechoslovakia chiteshi (kuLiberec). Kutevera kudzvinyirirwa kwePrague Spring muna 1968, akarambidzwa kubva kumitambo uye akawedzera kuita zvematongerwo enyika. Akatora basa paKrakonoš brewery muTrutnov, chiitiko chaakanyora nezvacho mumutambo wake "Vateereri". Mutambo uyu, pamwe nemimwe mitambo miviri ye "Vaněk" (yakadaidzwa kudaro nekuda kwehunhu hunodzokororwa Ferdinand Vaněk, anomira muHavel), akagoverwa muchimiro che samizdat muCzechoslovakia, uye akawedzera zvakanyanya mukurumbira waHavel wekuve mutambi anotungamira (vamwe vanyori veCzech vakazonyora mitambo yavo vaine Vaněk). Mukurumbira uyu wakasimbiswa nekuburitswa kwe "Charter 77" manifesto, yakanyorwa chikamu mukupindura kuiswa mutirongo kwenhengo dzeCzech psychedelic rock band The Plastic People of the Universe; Havel akange apinda kutongwa kwavo, uko kwakanangana nekusaenderana kweboka mukuve nevhudzi refu, vachishandisa zvisina hunhu mumimhanzi yavo, uye kubatanidzwa kwavo kwese muPrague underground kufamba. Havel akabatanidzwa mukutanga Komiti Yokudzivirira Vaya Vanotongwa Zvisina Kururama muna 1979. Mabasa ake ezvematongerwe enyika akaguma nekusungwa kakawanda nezviremera, uye kugara achitariswa nehurumende uye kubvunzurudzwa nemapurisa epachivande (Státní bezpečnost). Nguva yake yakareba zvikuru ari mutorongo, kubva muna May 1979 kusvika muna February 1983, inonyorwa mutsamba dzaakanyorera mudzimai wake dzakazobudiswa se"Tsamba dzaienda kuna Olga".