There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act.

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I'll tell you what colonial experience is.

I'll tell you what colonial experience is.

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I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing.

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The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is...

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Amin managed to invite both the US and Soviet ambassadors to his palace at the...

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In the First World War, there was the sudden passion of nationalism, and the killing...

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People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of...

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Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but...

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Underground literature only began in the '70s, when technical developments made it possible. Before that,...

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When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

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There is a lack of critical assessment of the past. But you have to understand...

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

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Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the...

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had...

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had...