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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Europe Notebook Europe Notebook

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

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

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