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
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
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
Electoral Fun and Games Electoral Fun and Games
This year will be an electoral year in many parts of Europe. In France, François Mitterrand is scheduled to leave the presidency in May.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Supping With the French Devil Supping With the French Devil
Cartoonists can beat journalists at their own game of first oversimplifying and then exaggerating.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Does the Left Have a Future? Does the Left Have a Future?
With the Soviet model shattered forever, it is the social democratic one that is now in deep crisis in Western Europe. On the face of it, judging just by the results of June's Eu...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer