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title	:	Letters From Prison and Other Essays
author	:	Michnik, Adam.
publisher	:	University of California Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0520061756
print isbn13	:	9780520061750
ebook isbn13	:	9780585081960
language	:	English
subject	Poland--Politics and government--1980-1989, Michnik, Adam, Political prisoners--Poland--Correspondence.
publication date	:	1985
lcc	:	DK4442.M53 1985eb
ddc	:	943.8/056
subject	:	Poland--Politics and government--1980-1989, Michnik, Adam, Political prisoners--Poland--Correspondence.

Page iii Letters from Prison and other Essays Adam Michnik Translated by Maya Latynski Foreword by Czeslaw Milosz Introduction by Jonathan Schell University of California Press Berkeley Los Angeles London

Page iv The Publisher wishes to thank the Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation, Inc., New York, N.Y. and the Polish American Congress, Chicago, Ill., for their generous contributions toward the publication of this important work. Most of the essays published in this volume were first published underground in Poland and in London by Aneks publishers. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England Copyright 1985 by The Regents of the University of California First Paperback Printing 1987 "Letter from Gdansk Prison," published in The New York Review of Books, July 18, 1985. Copyright 1985, NYREV, Inc. Foreword, published under the title "Thinker on the Barricades," by Czeslaw Milosz, November 11, 1985. Copyright 1985, The New Republic, Inc. Introduction, published under the title "Reflections," by Jonathan Schell, February 3, 1986. Copyright 1986 by The New Yorker Magazine, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Michnik, Adam. Letters from prison and other essays. Translation from Polish. 1. PolandPolitics and government1980 Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Michnik, AdamAddresses, essays, lectures. 3. Political prisonersPolandCorrespondence. I. Title. DK4442.M53 1985 943.8'056 85-1196 ISBN 0-520-06175-6 (pbk) Printed in the United States of America 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Page v Special thanks to David Ost, Terry Repak, Barbara Torunczyk, Jonathan Schell, and Lawrence Weschler.

Page vii CONTENTS Foreword by Czeslaw Milosz ix Introduction by Jonathan Schell xvii Letters from Prison 1 Why You Are Not Signing 3 Why You Are Not Emigrating 16 The Polish War 25 On Resistance 41 A Letter to General Kiszczak 64 About the Elections 71 Letter from the Gdansk Prison, 1985 76 Solidarity 101 A Time of Hope 103 Hope and Danger 111 Darkness on the Horizon 117 A Year Has Passed 124 The Democratic Opposition 133 A New Evolutionism 135 Some Remarks on the Opposition and the General Situation in Poland 149

Page viii The Prague Spring Ten Years Later 155 A Lesson in Dignity 160 Maggots and Angels 169 Historical Essays 199 Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors 201 The Dispute over Organic Work 223 1863: Poland in Russian Eyes 249 Conversation in the Citadel 275 Index 335

Page ix FOREWORD by Czeslaw Milosz Let me begin by quoting the words of Mahatma Gandhi: "If a government does a grave injustice, the subject must withdraw cooperation wholly or partially, sufficient to wean the ruler from wickedness. In each case conceived by me there is an element of suffering whether mental or physical. Without such suffering it is not possible to attain freedom."

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