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Adam Michnik

Adam Michnik has been editor-in-chief of the Polish daily newspaper since its founding in 1989. Previously he spent a total of six years in prison for his opposition to Poland’s communist regime, and he was part of the Solidarity team during the Roundtable negotiations that brought that regime to an end in 1989.

October 2003, Volume 14, Issue 4

What Europe Means for Poland

The famed former dissident reflects on the lessons learned from Poland’s transformation, the anxieties that continue to beset his country, and the hopes and fears that attend its return to Europe.