The Dream and the Nightmare The Dream and the Nightmare
"How could anyone possibly say that the October Revolution was in vain?" the poet Tvardovsky angrily told Solzhenitsyn in what now seems another age.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Jaruzelski Sends in the Tanks Jaruzelski Sends in the Tanks
Sunday, December 13, order reigned in Warsaw. Martial law had been proclaimed. Tanks patrolled the streets of the capital.
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
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
The Specter of Capitalism The Specter of Capitalism
The rulers of the capitalist world who came to Paris for the bicentennial celebrations last month were in a smug mood.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Creeping Capitalism Creeping Capitalism
Europe's landscape is changing--dramatically in its Eastern half, which is groping toward capitalism, and less spectacularly in the Western part, which is on the road to a sin...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Poland’s New Men of Property Poland’s New Men of Property
On Sunday, October 27--the future as I write this--the Poles will elect their two houses of Parliament, for the first time in an entirely free vote.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Something Rotten in the Kingdom Something Rotten in the Kingdom
When in London, if you have some time to spare, go east to the Isle of Dogs to visit what was to have been Europe's biggest office-plus-housing project.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / 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
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