With Daily revelations out of Eastern Europe and Russia, of former dissidents who played central roles in the much claimed transition from state capitalism to private speculation. Being state informants of the various Communist Parties and State Security apparatus.
It then frames the question how much of the so-called dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and Eastern European politics has been merely tactical?
What does it then mean for informants and traitors to assume leadership roles in pluralistic parliamentary politics and its political-economy?
For example the Former Polish leader Lech Walesa is claimed by the recent book, "The Security Service and Lech Walesa", to have been an informant for Poland's Communist Party during it's rule in the 1970's and 1980's. Yet he was the face of The Solidarity Movement and it's dissident politics and subsequently became Poland's President. Lech Walesa has long since denied these claims.
By Apropos
Friday, August 15, 2008
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
0 comments:
Post a Comment