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
The Big “Non”! The Big “Non”!
France, and the world, are periodically reminded of the social and political power of working people.
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
What Price Gloire What Price Gloire
The only free Kanaks are dead ones, the outgoing French government might have argued.
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
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