Daniel Singer

Europe Correspondent

Daniel Singer, for many years The Nation's Paris-based Europe correspondent, was born on September 26, 1926, in Warsaw, was educated in France, Switzerland and England and died on December 2, 2000, in Paris.

He was a contributor to The Economist, The New Statesman and the Tribune and appeared as a commentator on NPR, "Monitor Radio" and the BBC, as well as Canadian and Australian broadcasting. (These credits are for his English-language work; he was also fluent in French, Polish, Russian and Italian.)

He was the author of Prelude to Revolution: France in May 1968 (Hill & Wang, 1970), The Road to Gdansk (Monthly Review Press, 1981), Is Socialism Doomed?: The Meaning of Mitterrand (Oxford, 1988) and Whose Millennium? Theirs or Ours? (Monthly Review Press, 1999).

A specialist on the Western European left as well as the former Communist nations, Singer ranged across the Continent in his dispatches to The Nation. Singer sharply critiqued Western-imposed economic "shock therapy" in the former Eastern Bloc and US support for Boris Yeltsin, sounded early warnings about the re-emergence of Fascist politics into the Italian mainstream, and, across the Mediterranean, reported on an Algeria sliding into civil war.

The Daniel Singer Millennium Prize Foundation was founded in 2000 to honor original essays that help further socialist ideas in the tradition of Daniel Singer.

 

Mitterrand’s Legacy Mitterrand’s Legacy

François Mitterrand badly wanted to leave a mark, an imprint.

Feb 24, 1999 / Daniel Singer

Hope in a Cold Climate Hope in a Cold Climate

“It’s not a revolt, Sire, or a revolution; it’s the beginning of the end of the reign of big business, of capital, over the minds of the people.”

Feb 24, 1999 / Daniel Singer

France’s Rival Führers France’s Rival Führers

For once the news from France's racist front is optimistic. At least the worst will not happen.

Jan 28, 1999 / Daniel Singer

The Euroleft, or, Who’s Afraid of Tina? The Euroleft, or, Who’s Afraid of Tina?

Europe, you are rightly told, is swinging to the left. In thirteen of the fifteen countries making up the European Union, the Social Democrats are now in office.

Dec 24, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Against Walesa, Any Solidarity? Against Walesa, Any Solidarity?

Presidential vote in Poland.

Jan 28, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Battle of Algiers on Paris Métro Battle of Algiers on Paris Métro

France faces its Muslims.

Jan 28, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Silvio Show The Silvio Show

Orwell had it right. It is not enough to obey Big Brother. You must love him, too.

Jan 28, 1998 / Daniel Singer

Hate in a Warm Climate Hate in a Warm Climate

Letter From Europe

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Socialism and the Soviet Bloc Socialism and the Soviet Bloc

Stalin is dead.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Schools, Sculptors and Spring Fools Schools, Sculptors and Spring Fools

Letter From Europe

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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