Regions and Countries

Fast Forward Fast Forward

The sorcerer's apprentices could not even stage a coup.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Rouge et Noir Rouge et Noir

Were there half a million or a million people marching in the Parisian drizzle on January 16? No one can say.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Solidarity–Lest We Forget Solidarity–Lest We Forget

Those on the left who cherished the illusion that Poland would somehow vanish from the news and that Solidarity would disappear from our political consciousness have been disappoin...

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

Poland–Ashes and Diamonds Poland–Ashes and Diamonds

Prices were raised sharply in Poland on January 30, by an estimated 40 percent, and hell did not break loose.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Solidarity–The Road to Power Solidarity–The Road to Power

For the next weeks and months the eyes of the world will be focused on Poland, where events are now unfolding at an unexpectedly dramatic pace.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Poland Chooses–What’s at Stake Poland Chooses–What’s at Stake

There seem to be a large measure of agreement between Walesa and Mazowiecki over fundamental economic policy.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer and Lawrence Goodwyn

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

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

Algeria Slides Into Civil War Algeria Slides Into Civil War

Voici le temps des assassins, the bilingual Algerians could exclaim, echoing Rimbaud, when nearly a year ago, their intellectuals began to be slaughtered by Islamic fundamentali...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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