Articles

The Apparatchiks The Apparatchiks

What price is Poland paying for its Stalinist heritage?

Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer

The Lessons of Defeat The Lessons of Defeat

The hour has not yet struck for an offensive by the left in Western Europe.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Top Down or Bottom Up? Top Down or Bottom Up?

It is a pleasure to watch, on both sides of the Atlantic, the professional prophets of "evil empire" now forced to perform their "agonizing reappraisals."

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

October Memories October Memories

With Zbigniew Bujak, Bogdan Lis, Adam Michnik and their comrades out of jail, there is reason to rejoice.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Europe Notebook Europe Notebook

For the Western press the Chernobyl disaster was splendid copy, both sensational and anti-Soviet.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Co-existentialism in France Co-existentialism in France

Although Sartre may be out of fashion, political co-existentialism is the main subject of speculation in Paris.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Handicapping the French Elections Handicapping the French Elections

All the ingredients are apparently there, but somehow the mayonnaise does not bind.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Bad News for French Socialists Bad News for French Socialists

Toulouse, known as the cité rose because of the color of its walls, was the palest pink in October as the French Socialists held their congress there, the last before their...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Bitter Hope in a Cold Climate Bitter Hope in a Cold Climate

Friday, February 15. It's getting dark. My wife, Jeanne, and I land at Okiecie, the Warsaw airport. The temperature is 19 degrees below freezing.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Gdansk Showdown Gdansk Showdown

In the medieval city of Gdansk, in a courtroom packed with police, three men stand in the dock.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

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