“…Die Exekutive der Kommunistischen Internationale führt zwar internationale Kampagnen gegen die "rechte Gefahr", sie organisiert aber keines" falls einen wirklichen Kampf des Weltproletariats gegenüber den wichtigsten Aktionen der Weltbourgeoisie. …”

“…Parliamentary By-Elections as First Step toward Military National Elections / by Judith Pataki First Opposition Candidate Elected, despite Low Electoral Turnout Former Peasant Party Relaunched / by Edith Oltay A Christian Democratic Party Organized / by Edith Oltay The Death and Burial of Janos Kadar / by Alfred Reisch Hungary in Transition: A Commentary / by Alfred Reisch Hungary's Growing Economic Links with the USA / by Karoly Okolicsanyi Hungarian-Romanian Relations Reach New Low Point / by Edith Oltay Ambiguous Change in Ministry of Internal Affairs / by Jeremy King The Workers' Guard: A Threat to Hungary's Reforms? …”

“…A consistent thread throughout the book is that informed and engaged citizens are key to better governance. …”

“…Further Restrictions on Poles Visiting the GDR Saving Cracow [Kraków]: A Race against Time Bishops Call for an End to Reprisals against Dissidents…”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Czechoslovak reactions to Hungarian environmentalist demonstration <br/>- European Parliament awaits Arafat <br/>- Cuban ambassador expelled from London <br/>- Polish government unwilling to talk to opposition under pressure <br/>- Gorbachev in Siberia <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Economists' traveling meeting urges new models for the economy <br/>- Pro-reform Evenings <br/>- Károly Grósz's letter to Perez de Cuellar <br/>- Helsinki follow-up talks in Vienna: Hungarians interested in military reductions and Soviet troop withdrawals <br/>- Budapest Council: debate on social policy and health report, and World Exposition <br/>- Journalists' debate on the public sphere <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- Machinery and electronic infrastructure, stockpiling and corruption at a low point <br/>- Hungary to cease importing two-stroke car engines from 1990 Külpolitika: <br/>- A magyar környezetvédelmi tüntetés visszhangja Csehszlovákiában <br/>- Az Európa Parlamentbe várják Arafatot <br/>- Kiutasították Londonból a kubai nagykövetet <br/>- A lengyel kormány nem hajlandó nyomás alatt tárgyalni az ellenzékkel <br/>- Gorbacsov Szibériában <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- A közgazdász vándorgyűlés modellváltást sürget a gazdaságban <br/>- Reformpárti Esték <br/>- Grósz Károly levele Perez de Cuellarhoz <br/>- Bécsi utótalálkozó: a magyarok érdekeltek a haderőcsökkentésben és a szovjet csapatok kivonásában <br/>- Fővárosi Tanács: vita a szociálpolitikai és egészségügyi jelentés és a világkiállítás körül <br/>- Újságírók vitája a nyilvánosságról <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- Mélyponton a gép és elektronikai háttéripar, túlkészletezés, korrupció <br/>- Magyarország 1990-től megszünteti a kétütemű autók importját…”

“…Kein Wunder, daß noch immer die alten Gefühle nachgrollen, und daß manche Anhänger der Unabhängigen eine "Charakterlosigkeit" ihrer Führer darin erblicken wollen, daß sie sich in der Stunde höchster Not mit den früheren Kampfgenossen zur Rettung des deutschen Volkes zusammenfanden. [] Neben diese mehr gefühlsmäßige Opposition gegen das Wiederzusammengehen tritt eine grundsätzliche. …”

“…The Election Campaign / by Jan de Weydenthal Intricate Election Mechanics, Simple Choices / by Louisa Vinton Opposition Campaign Clarifies the Public's Options / by Louisa Vinton Party Daily Prints Report about the Beginning of World War II / by Jan de Weydenthal Urban's New "Information Order" / by Anna Swidlicka Rzeczywistosc Closes Down / by Roman Stefanowski Problems in the Judiciary / by Roman Stefanowski The Home Army Veterans Get Their Own Organization / by Roman Stefanowski…”

“…CC Propaganda Chief Reportedly Dismissed for Chernobyl Articles / by Toomas Ilves Growing Opposition and Unrest over Massive Mining Project / by Toomas Ilves Protest from Belorussian [Belarusian] Intellectuals to Gorbachev Published in Estonia / by Toomas Ilves Controversy within the Evangelical Lutheran Church / by Dzintra Bungs The "Grasshoppers" Strike / by Dzintra Bungs Helsinki 86 Group on the 1941 Deportations and the Latvian Language / by Dzintra Bungs Griskevicius on Lithuanian Culture / by Saulius Girnius Writers' Union Plenum / by Saulius Girnius Confessions of a Self-Proclaimed Samizdat Editor / by Saulius Girnius Suggestion for a Re-evaluation of Lithuanian History / by Saulius Girnius Possible Return of Confiscated Church / by Saulius Girnius New Tactics for Antireligious Program / by Saulius Girnius…”

“…Fojtik Defines CPCS Stand on Reform / by Vladimir Kusin A Czechoslovak Economic Forecaster Describes Czechoslovakia's Decline / by Jiri Pehe Joint Committee Founded by Czechoslovak and Hungarian Opposition Groups / by Jiri Pehe Absurd Protests Ridicule Prague Regime / by Jiri Pehe Intellectuals Protest against the Prosecution of Five Slovak Dissidents / by Jiri Pehe Havel Appeals to Pozsgay and Mazowiecki / by Jan Obrman Three Slovak Artists Demand the Rehabilitation of Dubcek and the Reassessment of the Prague Spring / by Jiri Pehe Prague: Public Concern about the Ecological Situation Grows / by Jan Obrman Ethnic Minorities and Foreigners / by Jan Obrman…”