The author, investigating the reasons of Polish political landslide in 1988-89, gives an account of the development of the main figures of political background in the 80-ies (i. e. those of PUWP, Solidarity, the Church, OPZZ)

By giving a detailed history and the emergence of self-government in the Yugoslav society, the author tries to prove that Yugoslavia's crisis does not mean the denial of the idea of self-government. In the second part of the article, he analyses the possibility of the federation's disintegration and the differences and relations between the individual provinces' internal development.

The author writes about the power struggle in the post-Ceausescu Romania, taking the actors of the political fighting one after the other, from the Iliescu group planning the coup against Ceausescu through the Romanian orthodox church to the army which is in key position. The article ends with guessing the chances of the Romanian political scene.

The interview published here was granted by J. Pinior, one of the leaders of the organisation called „Polish Socialist Party – For a Democratic Revolution" which cooperates with Solidarity about their programme which – in contrast of reform policies initiated from above -places the emphasis on the direct role of the masses of people, their democratic power, e. g. the role on the strike committees.