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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

Five Davs That Shook the Party Five Davs That Shook the Party

From February 6 through February 10, more than 1,700 delegates to the French Communist Party's twenty-fifth congress met in the roofed-over sports stadium at Saint-Ouen, a suburb...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

A Prophecy, a Protest, a Priest A Prophecy, a Protest, a Priest

Recently, The Economist took out a full-page advertisement in the Financial Times of London boasting that it had predicted the coal miners' strike six years ago.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The French C.P.–On the Way Out? The French C.P.–On the Way Out?

The French Communist Party has no future in the government. Does it have a future outside it?

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Schools, Sculptors and Spring Fools Schools, Sculptors and Spring Fools

March 4. Hundreds of thousands of French citizens are marching today to defend "educational freedom"--that is, uncontrolled state subsidies for private Catholic schools.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Mitterrand: Middle of the Journey Mitterrand: Middle of the Journey

On March 21, French President François Mitterrand arrives in the United States for a three-day state visit. When he was elected President in May 1981, he was the subject o...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

AutoWorkers and ‘Sniffing Planes’ AutoWorkers and ‘Sniffing Planes’

As the year opened in Paris, two stories dominated the news, one of them sad, the other funny. The first occurred at the Talbot auto plant in Poissy, just outside the capital.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Rise of the Nouveaux Liberals The Rise of the Nouveaux Liberals

Nothing is louder than the silence of intellectuals.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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