Communism’s Great Debate Communism’s Great Debate
"Is the Communist Party of the Soviet Union still the ruling party, the political vanguard of the people? . . . Should there be a multiparty system? Does the C.P.S.U.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Death in Vilnius Death in Vilnius
At stake in the drama now unfolding in Vilnius is not just the fate of Lithuania or the Baltic States but the destinies of Mikhail Gorbachev and perestroika and the immediate f...
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Bad Memories Bad Memories
France is still feeling the shock of a legal decision destined to induce collective amnesia.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Ciao, Baby Ciao, Baby
At the news that in Rome well over a third of the electorate voted for Gianfranco Fini, leader of the neo-Fascist M.S.I.
Jan 2, 1998 / 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
Europe Notebook Europe Notebook
For the Western press the Chernobyl disaster was splendid copy, both sensational and anti-Soviet.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
From Balzac to Salvador Dali From Balzac to Salvador Dali
"You are mistaken, dear angel, if you think that King Louis-Philippe rules--a mistake the King himself does not make.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
P.C.I.–What’s in a New Name? P.C.I.–What’s in a New Name?
I thought I was going to the opulent city of Bologna, with its ancient red-brick palaces, for the funeral of the Italian Communist Party.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Gorbachev–Two Steps Backward? Gorbachev–Two Steps Backward?
"Comrade democrats--in the widest meaning of this word--you have scattered. The reformers have gone to ground. Dictatorship is coming....
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Stink of Money The Stink of Money
Los Angeles is not the only place perturbing the sermons of the preachers of history's end and capitalism's eternal youth.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer