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Solidarity Lost Solidarity Lost

On December 9, after a second ballot, Lech Walesa, the former electrician from the Lenin Shipyards, will be the President of the Polish Republic.

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

One’s first reaction is shock.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Islam Through Western Eyes Islam Through Western Eyes

This essay, by the late Edward Said, from the April 26, 1980, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Edward W. Said

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

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

The French C.P.—On the Way Out? The French C.P.—On the Way Out?

Letter From Europe

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

‘Les Affaires,’ or Zola Was Right ‘Les Affaires,’ or Zola Was Right

Letter From Europe

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Solidarity—The Road to Power Solidarity—The Road to Power

Letter From Europe

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 futur...

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

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