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The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey The Prosecution and Persecution of Ron Carey

Ron Carey looked like a tired stereotype: the disgraced labor boss on the witness stand, with dark bags beneath his eyes, denying accusations of wrongdoing in a made-in-Queens ac...

Mar 19, 1998 / Feature / David Corn

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

Kwasniewski the Red versus Walesa the gravedigger of Communism--the duel for Poland's presidency is being presented as if it were the old drama all over again.

Jan 28, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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

On September 29 French viewers watching the news were offered a bloody Hollywood thriller as an extra. It was the end of a long manhunt.

Jan 28, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

How Many Masses Is Poland Worth? How Many Masses Is Poland Worth?

"Oh God," Heinrich Heine wrote, "how big is your zoo!" This sentence kept popping into my head in June as I read the dispatches of my journalistic colleagues on Pope John Paul II...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

All Power to the Soviets All Power to the Soviets

Four days that fascinated the Soviet people.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

The Last Superpower The Last Superpower

The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Paris at the end of November, might best be described by reversing Tolstoy's title. This was Peace and War.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Mitterrand Le Petit Mitterrand Le Petit

The longest reign in the history of the French Republic is coming to an end, possibly a premature one, with a sense of drama.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

Why I’m Not Running for President Why I’m Not Running for President

I'll admit that my realistic chances of becoming President are right down there with Quayle's I.Q.

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Gloria Steinem

Honor the Man–and the Movement Honor the Man–and the Movement

Hardly had the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced that Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was its 1983 laureate but President Reagan and other cold warriors began praising the choice...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

An Optimistic Tragedy? An Optimistic Tragedy?

For years, if they wished to be honest, observers of the Soviet Union had to work like archeologists, digging below the political surface to discover real social changes takin...

Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer

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