Politics

Paris Letter: The Politics and the Pity Paris Letter: The Politics and the Pity

"We are all German Jews" chanted 50,000 Frenchmen at the gates of the Bastille in 1968; I was recently reminded of this episode, which has become revolutionary lore…

Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer

A Specter Is Haunting Eurocommunism A Specter Is Haunting Eurocommunism

Is Europe, like Britain, swinging to the right? Whatever the answer, the State Department need not be haunted, for the time being, by the ghost of Eurocommunism.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

How Many Masses Is Poland Worth? How Many Masses Is Poland Worth?

Letter From Europe

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

May in December May in December

It's not May in December. The ten days that shook the Chirac government are not a repetition of the great rising of students and workers that precipitated the fall of Gen. Charles ...

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Honor the Man—and the Movement Honor the Man—and the Movement

Walesa’s Nobel Prize.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Ghosts of May The Ghosts of May

Letter From Europe

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Mitterrand: Middle of the Journey Mitterrand: Middle of the Journey

Letter From Europe

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Terror and the Sense of Justice Terror and the Sense of Justice

An irony emerges from reading the sickening details of the terrorist slaughter in Israel. It is that Menahem Begin, the symbol of Israeli outrage and bereavement, first achieved pr...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Aryeh Neier

Heart of Whiteness Heart of Whiteness

Milton Friedman, Gary Bauer, William F. Buckley. Could we ask more of a cruise?

Oct 6, 1997 / Eric Alterman

The Adolescent Lockup The Adolescent Lockup

Not so long ago politicians campaigned by kissing babies. Today, they lock children in jail.

Jun 19, 1997 / Bruce Shapiro

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