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
Bonjour Tristesse Bonjour Tristesse
History, whatever Hegel or Marx may have said about tragedy and farce, can also repeat itself as a tragicomedy.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Forza’s Destiny in Italy Forza’s Destiny in Italy
The description of Rifondazione Comunista here has been corrected as indicated in a correction that ran in the issue of May 2, 1994.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Bloody Cul-de-Sac The Bloody Cul-de-Sac
On March 16, 1978, Aldo Moro--a key figure of Italy's ruling Christian Democracy--was captured in Rome in broad daylight by the Red Brigades (Brigate Rosse, hence the initials B.R....
Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer
‘Solidarity Will Never Die’ ‘Solidarity Will Never Die’
If Polish law supposes that a huge social movement can be voted out of existence, then, as Mr.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
What Price Gloire What Price Gloire
The only free Kanaks are dead ones, the outgoing French government might have argued.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Europe in the Post-Yalta Era Europe in the Post-Yalta Era
History knows no neat radical breaks.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Solidarity Lost Solidarity Lost
On December 9, after a second ballot, Lech Walesa, the former electrician from the Lenin Shipyards, will be the President of the Polish Republic.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
West and East West and East
In Maastricht twelve members of the European Community reached another stage on the road toward some form of union, notably with the pledge to introduce a common currency, the ec...
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Our Man in Moscow Our Man in Moscow
You don't cross the Rubicon, argued Andre Malraux, in order to sit down on the other side and fish in its waters. Yet this is exactly what Boris Yeltsin did.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer