In 1975, Andrei Sakharov delivering his Nobel Peace Prize Address in Oslo mentioned 118 political prisoners in the authoritarian Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev. The number may have been diminished due to rather limited data that Sakharov had at hand, yet it reflected the character of the violent and reactionary state which was trying hard to pass for a rival civilization and a model of democracy in the Cold War era.(Tęsti...)

After the 2012 parliamentary elections, it is tempting to describe Lithuania as a victim of a series of ugly and unscrupulous manipulations undertaken by political cheats like Viktor Uspaskich and his party, the Labor Party, which is among the major winners of the elections along with Lithuanian Social Democrats and Motherland Union (Christian Democrats). Yet on a closer look it appears a simplistic perception of Lithuania’s political reality. (Skaityti toliau...)

Adamas Michnikas taikliai pavadino 1989-uosius – tai Annus Mirabilis, stebuklų metai. Tikra tiesa, kad sunku juos paaiškinti – gali būti, kad ateities istorikai, filosofai ir politologai juos laikys viena iš kertinių datų naujausiųjų laikų istorijoje. Greičiausiai ir dabar galime teigti, kad įvyko kažkas, kieno mastas niekuo nenusileidžia Amerikos ir Prancūzijos revoliucijoms.(Tęsti...)