Poland: Building Socialism in One Country

I left Warsaw after a recent eight-day stay impressed above all with the fluidity of the situation and the lack of precedent for what is taking place. Yet about several important things I am sure.

First, Poland is experiencing a revolution in everything but name. Far-reaching changes are under way—both in institutions and political culture. The impulses underlying these changes are deeply democratic and antiauthoritarian.

Second, no force can now put the political clock back t...