ABSTRACT
Adam Michnik, born in 1945, is a Polish historian. He is editor-in-chief of Warsaw's daily Gazeta Wyborcza, and is a deputy to the Polish parliament. He was a leading dissident during the Communist regime in Poland and organized the KOR (Committee for the Defense of the Workers). His publications include Letters from Prison and Other Essays. This article was translated for the New York Times of 27 September 1990.
