World

Dawn in Poland Dawn in Poland

Dual power, Lenin wrote, cannot last long. But just how long?

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

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

La Peste La Peste

François Mitterrand, everything suggests, will be re-elected as President next Sunday, but Jean-Marie Le Pen is the unquestioned winner of the first-round tally.

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Does the Left Have a Future? Does the Left Have a Future?

Letter From Europe

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Le Pen’s Pals—Blood and Soil Le Pen’s Pals—Blood and Soil

There are two unmistakable signs that France is entering a pre-electoral period: The government is once again tinkering with the electoral law and the politicians are competing wit...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Supping With the French Devil Supping With the French Devil

The temptation to accept the National Front as a partner has split the right.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Sound and the Furet The Sound and the Furet

The public is still under the spell of the counterpoint in Francis Fukuyama's famous exercise in propaganda: Capitalism is eternal because there is no alternative.

Jan 1, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer

The End of History The End of History

In 1996, Gore Vidal narrated his debacle defending the programs he wrote for the History Channel, which dealt with on the imperial aspects latent in the American presidency, to a p...

Sep 30, 1996 / Gore Vidal

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