The Missing Commemoration of 1980 — and 1989

by Eric Chenoweth (PDF Version) On the 30th anniversary of the 1989 "velvet revolutions" that resulted in the downfall of communist regimes in the Soviet bloc countries of Central and Eastern Europe, there was  little reflection on the most important social and political movement that helped to bring about this transformation of the region. That [...]

By |2022-11-23T15:33:42-05:00November 22nd, 2019|Committee in Support of Solidarity, Communism, Eric Chenoweth, Poland, Solidarity|

Jerzy Milewski, TW “Franciszek”

Poniżej zamieszczamy tekst wywiadu, jakiego w 1992 roku udzieliła Expressowi Wieczornemu Irena Lasota na temat zagranicznej działalności tajnego współpracownika Służby Bezpieczeństwa Jerzego Milewskiego (nieżyjącego obecnie), w 1992 r. szefa Biura Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego w kancelarii prezydenta Lecha Wałęsy (Red.) Źródło: TW “Franciszek” w Komitecie “S” w Brukseli. Za: Tajemnica Biura Brukselskiego. Z Ireną Lasotą rozmawia Aleksandra [...]

Dances with Dictators: General Jaruzelski’s Revisionists

The following article appeared in the journal World Affairs in its September-October 2014 issue. Twenty-five years ago, breakthrough elections were held in Poland that led, within three months, to the downfall of that country’s communist regime. The events helped to spark the Velvet Revolutions that spread, within the next six months, to Budapest, Prague, Bratislava, [...]

By |2016-06-14T15:24:46-04:00September 1st, 2014|Communism, Eastern Europe, Eric Chenoweth, Poland, Solidarity|
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