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The History and Public Policy Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center invites you:
The Fifth Annual Ion Ratiu Democracy Lecture
Democracy: Traps and Question Marks
Featuring Adam Michnik, recipient of the 2009 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award. The Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinski will provide introductory remarks.
Thursday, December 3, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Seating is limited. This event is open to the public with RSVP.
Preceding the event at 3 p.m. will be the opening of the photo exhibit People's Republic of Poland: So Close and So Far Away.
Adam Michnik is the Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland's largest daily newspaper. Historian, essayist and political publicist, Michnik was one of the leading organizers of the underground, democratic opposition in Poland between 1968-1989. He was a founding member of the Komitet Obrony Robotnikow (Committee for the Defense of Workers) in 1976 and a prominent activist during the Solidarity movement in the 1980s. He participated in the Round Table Talks of 1989, and was later elected to Poland's first non-communist parliament, where he served from 1989-1991. Michnik is the author of several books, including Letters from Prison and Other Essays (1987), The Church and the Left (1993) and Letters from Freedom: Post-Cold War Realities and Perspectives (1998). RSVP
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