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Jan Skorzynski
Jan Skorzynski is former deputy editor-in-chief of Rzeczpospolita and author of several books about the history of the Polish democratic opposition to communism and the Solidarity movement.
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Two Decades from Warsaw
Jan Skorzynski Series: The Worldly Philosophers 2009-03-30“Poland – ten years; Hungary – ten months, East Germany – ten weeks, Czechoslovakia – ten days.” So chirped many in Prague in November 1989, reflecting the pride and the joy of the Velvet Revolution, but also the sustained effort that was needed to end communism, whose demise began in Warsaw the previous February.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 24163
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The Other Europe’s 1968
Jan Skorzynski Series: The Worldly Philosophers 2008-03-04Throughout the West, the spring of 1968 was marked by student protests against the Vietnam War and the counterculture's revolt against capitalist consumer societies. But Eastern Europe, too, witnessed a wave of anti-establishment demonstrations, with stakes that were far higher for the participants.... read Comments: 0 Recommended: 0 Read: 22285
