ABSTRACT
Chapter 8 narrated the events of autumn 1989, concentrating upon the interaction between the citizens’ movement organisations and the mass demonstrations. This chapter turns to look at this period once again, but with a theoretical question to the fore. The object of analysis is the class nature of the movements. It asks: What was the social position of participants? Was it a revolution of intellectuals? Of workers? The inquiry is pursued via exposition and critique of competing interpretations.
