Democracy: Traps and Question Marks
3 December 2009, 4:00-6:00pm Reception to Follow
Adam Michnik, political activist, founding member of the Committee for the Defense of Workers, member of Poland’s first non-communist parliament, and Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland’s largest daily newspaper, will deliver a talk entitled Democracy: Traps and Question Marks.
The Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinsky, National Security Advisor [...]
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8 Nov
Michnik and Brzezinski
8 Nov
Brits still in the dark
It was there that Solidarity, a highly effective civil resistance movement, sat down at a round table with communist officials and hammered out a transition to free elections and a multiparty democracy. After Solidarity then went on to win the June 1989 elections, it provided the basis for a new government, formed in August, headed [...]
31 Oct
Navy ship accidentally fires on Polish port
Great, for years the Polish have been looking for a way to get back at us for all our Polish jokes, now they have one. How many Americans does it take to clean a machine gun? 10. One to clean it and the nine who got shot.
via Navy ship accidentally fires on Polish port – [...]
28 Oct
Not-for-profit Chamber of Commerce?
CHICAGO, IL (October 26, 2009) –The PACC October 20th Business After Hours meeting was hosted by Euro Marble & Granite, Inc. Located in the near NW Chicago suburb of Schiller Park, the company is a PACC corporate member. The networking evening was attended by a diverse crowd representing businesses and institutions from across Chicagoland. PACC [...]
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