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The Ultras of moral revolution

The Ultras of moral revolution Adam Michnik The Ultras of moral revolution Translated by Elzbieta Matynia Do we really need one? But of course! Replied an ultrarevolutionary, a Jacobin. But of course! Replied an ultrareactionary, a partisan of the Counterrevolution. Radicals, adherents of extreme solutions, Ultras of all the colors of the rainbow, have a need for revolutionary upheavals, because only upheavals that turn the world upside down allow them to ful½ll their dream of a great cleansing. We need a moral revolution!1 I The Jacobin, the revolutionary Ultra, says: Adam Michnik is editor-in-chief of “Gazeta Wyborcza,” Poland’s leading daily newspaper. He founded the paper in 1989 to support the independent trade union Solidarity during the ½rst free elections in the history of the Communist bloc. Michnik has published numerous books, including “Letters from Prison and Other Essays” (1985), “The Church and the Left” (1993), and “Letters from Freedom: Post–Cold War Realities and Perspectives” (1998). © 2007 by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences We need a moral revolution because we are surrounded by ‘souls of mud’– reactionaries, hidden royalists, petty individuals, one-day patriots–who are conspiring against our revolutionary government. We need a moral revolution because vice is spreading. Reactionary newspapers are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Daedalus MIT Press

The Ultras of moral revolution

Michnik, Adam
Daedalus , Volume 136 (1) – Jan 1, 2007
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MIT Press
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© 2007 by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
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10.1162/daed.2007.136.1.67
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Adam Michnik The Ultras of moral revolution Translated by Elzbieta Matynia Do we really need one? But of course! Replied an ultrarevolutionary, a Jacobin. But of course! Replied an ultrareactionary, a partisan of the Counterrevolution. Radicals, adherents of extreme solutions, Ultras of all the colors of the rainbow, have a need for revolutionary upheavals, because only upheavals that turn the world upside down allow them to ful½ll their dream of a great cleansing. We need a moral revolution!1 I The Jacobin, the revolutionary Ultra, says: Adam Michnik is editor-in-chief of “Gazeta Wyborcza,” Poland’s leading daily newspaper. He founded the paper in 1989 to support the independent trade union Solidarity during the ½rst free elections in the history of the Communist bloc. Michnik has published numerous books, including “Letters from Prison and Other Essays” (1985), “The Church and the Left” (1993), and “Letters from Freedom: Post–Cold War Realities and Perspectives” (1998). © 2007 by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences We need a moral revolution because we are surrounded by ‘souls of mud’– reactionaries, hidden royalists, petty individuals, one-day patriots–who are conspiring against our revolutionary government. We need a moral revolution because vice is spreading. Reactionary newspapers are

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Daedalus – MIT Press

Published: Jan 1, 2007

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