Very Civil Disobedience Very Civil Disobedience
Whatever the ultimate effect last week's mammoth disarmament rally in New York City will have on the prospects for world peace, it did much to rehabilitate the idea of peaceful p...
Jan 2, 1998 / The Editors
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
Gdansk Showdown Gdansk Showdown
In the medieval city of Gdansk, in a courtroom packed with police, three men stand in the dock.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
October Memories October Memories
With Zbigniew Bujak, Bogdan Lis, Adam Michnik and their comrades out of jail, there is reason to rejoice.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Western Front Western Front
Fundamentalism is spreading westward; now it has invaded the Maghreb.
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
Historic Moment Historic Moment
The meeting around a green table between representatives of Poland's ruling party and of Solidarity marks a serious new attempt to include the opposition as an integral part of the...
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
People’s Sellout People’s Sellout
Wall Street did not simply drag Europe’s exchanges down in its fall.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
The Gladiators The Gladiators
In order to perpetuate capitalism as the final stage of history, Washington has less Hegelian means at its disposal than Francis Fukuyama suggested.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
Buba Knows Best Buba Knows Best
By the skin of their teeth... Watching on French television the gloomy faces of the alleged winners one could not help feeling there was an element of defeat in their victory.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer