| Summary: | Extracts from Polish underground publications compiled and translated into English by the RFE Polish Publication Unit for broadcasting purposes. Introductions to most articles are provided by RFE staff, and items are compiled in issues based mainly on theme and date.
Are We Threatened with Sovietization?[from: Spectator, no. 6 (winter 1983/1984)]"Spectator" is an irregular social and political journal published by NOWA (The Independent Publishing House). In this article five anonymous participants (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon) discuss the question of whether Polish society is in danger of being Sovietized. How real is the threat? How does it manifest itself? How can Sovietization be avoided?
The Europe of the Future / by Wojtek Wojskowy[from: Niepodległość, no. 26 (February 1984)]"Niepodległość" [Independence] is a monthly that has been appearing in Warsaw since early 1982. As its name implies, it takes a very tough stand on the situation in Poland and accepts no thoughts of compromise but does not call for violence. The author's name is a pseudonym.
Anachronism or Martyrdom? / by Andrzej Kamiński[from: Krytyka, no. 16 (1983)]These are excerpts from a lengthy article on Cardinal Mindszenty, based in part on his "Memoirs" that were published in German in Vienna (1974); they have now appeared in "Krytyka," an occasional sociopolitical journal, printed in Warsaw since the late 1970s by a group of KOR members and supporters.
Youth in Times of Social Tension / by Lechosław Dębowski[from: Krytyka, no. 16 (1983)]During the first half of 1982, the Central Council of the Socialist Union of Polish Students (SUP) commissioned an opinion poll to be carried out among Warsaw high-school and college students on various student and social matters. The results of the question were presented in a report by Lechosław Dębowski entitled "Students in Times of Social Tension." We publish below a selection of the results which, so far as we know, have not been published elsewhere.
Is it to Be Another Thaw? / by A. SAS[from: Tygodnik Mazowsze, no. 83 (6 June 1984)]The "Mazowsze Weekly" is the official paper of the underground Solidarity leadership in the Warsaw region. The article contains intelligent analysis based on the information available to the author, but in light of recent events (the Soviet boycott of the Los Angeles Olympics, the Soviet Union's deployment of SS-20s in Czechoslovakia and the GDR), it is wrong; there has been no thawing in Soviet-American relations.
Byelorussia [Belorussia] - Good Russia[from: Tygodnik Mazowsze, no. 84 (12 April 1984)]
The Party, Ceausescu, Romania[from: Agencja Informacyjna "Solidarności," no. 21 (18 March 1984)]The translation below is of an article on Romania that appeared in the March issue of the bulletin of the underground Solidarity Information Agency in Warsaw. This fortnightly bulletin of news and editorials is a source for other underground publications.
A Special Publication of Fighting Solidarity[from: Leaflet. Reproduced in Possev, no. 3 (March 1984)]This is a leaflet that has been translated into Russian by Solidarity people in Lower Silesia, to be distributed among Soviet soldiers stationed there. It consists of a manifesto written by the Chairman of the Council of Fighting Solidarity and a commentary by the publishers of the leaflet. A copy of the leaflet reached the West and was reproduced in the Russian-language monthly appearing in Frankfurt, Possev, no. 3 (March 1984).
Leaflet Announcing the Marriage of a Jailed Solidarity Leader, March 1984This leaflet was distributed in Wrocław in March this year. It announces, on the part of Solidarity, the wedding of its underground chairman in Lower Silesia, Józef Pinior; it was planned to take place in the jail where he has been under investigation since his arrest in April 1983. He has since been sentenced to four years, reduced to two by last year's special amnesty. The text around the "SW" sign, which stands for "Fighting Solidarity," says "Freedom for Political Prisoners."
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