“…Certainly a new idea will have little impact on a society subjected to radio, television, movies, and the daily press unless it has some organized backing. …”

“…PARKIN Department FINANCE. To E.A. BELL Date 17th November, 1937. SUBJECT. INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY FUND. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- Two-day NATO meeting ends with announcement <br/>- Austrian delegation deported from Romania after ten hours in detention <br/>- Walesa visits Pope John Paul II <br/>- Last week's disaster in Sheffield, England <br/>- Soviet, Czechoslovak, Poland and GRD correspondents on whether the institution of recall exists in these countries, and if so, whether it works <br/>- Warsaw statement on peasant solidarity <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Ministerial council in session today: motorway toll rescinded, chief prosecutor requests investigation of Imre Nagy trial <br/>- Pozsgay statement to Polish paper on future post of the president of the republic <br/>- Patriotic Popular Front prepares to submit motion of no confidence against the government <br/>- László Sólyom and Péter Tölgyesi commissioned to conduct opposition roundtable preparatory talks <br/>- Danube Circle opens office to prepare referendum <br/>- "Panorama" program expresses displeasure of Czechoslovak foreign ministry and press concerning Dubcek's interview <br/>- Will the Party pull out from workplaces? …”

“…HSWP Reform Circles for a New, Radically Reformed Party to Be Set UP / by Alfred Reisch Conservatives Show Residual Strength at CC Plenum / by Edith Oltay HSWP CC Approves Draft Documents for Extraordinary Congress / by Alfred Reisch Playing Unfair: The HSWP's Financial Manipulations / by Zoltan Barany The HSWP's Assets: Revelations and Challenges / by Zoltan Barany HSWP Loses Fourth Parliamentary Seat to the Opposition / by Judith Pataki Agreement Reached on New Hungarian Electoral law / by Alfred Reisch HSWP and Six Opposition Groups Agree on First Steps toward Multiparty Elections / by Edith Oltay Religious Orders Being Re-Established / by Edith Oltay Hungary Defends Its Decision to Let East Germans Go West / by Judith Pataki Hungary's Military Plans to Cut Its Size and Streamline Its Operations / by Alfred Reisch…”

“…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. …”