Letter From Poland
A new democratic left is emerging for the first time since 1989.
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A new democratic left is emerging for the first time since 1989.
Poland's president and dozens of its political leaders died Saturday in a plane crash en route to a commemoration of the World War II massacre of Polish soldiers in Katyn, Russia.
That brief explosion in Gdansk of civic participation and political innovation contains secrets and gems of political ideals that can be achieved.
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