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First came the good news: the state of martial law that was imposed by General Wojciech Jaruzelski exactly one year earlier would be suspended by year's end. But then, as Jaruzelski proceeded with his nationwide television address, came the bitter reality: the government was preparing new laws that...
While Poles have no illusions about the cosmetic changes that Jaruzelski has announced, neither has the West. Said a Washington policymaker last week: "At this, point, we don't see anything that substantial to cause us to think that a major change has taken place." Washington is unlikely to...
For weeks Poland's ruling junta has been dropping hints that it might lift martial law this week on the first anniversary of the military crackdown. But as Dec. 13 approached, the official propaganda machine began to sound a decidedly cautious note. Newspapers ran interviews with "average" Poles who...
IN MOONLIGHTING, POLISH DIRECTOR Jerzy Skolimkowski distills from the quotidian black-and-white headlines of political upheaval a pure narrow gray band of personal experience. The subject--four Poles stranded in London during the imposition of martial law naturally invites an impassioned ideological treatment, but Skolimkowski's film is, on...
Such a move may not make much of a difference to most Poles. The government will probably still have the power to keep opposition leaders in detention and militarize industrial plants. As a former Warsaw journalist wryly observes, "It is like a man with a knife asking for your watch...