CHAPTER 8
Building Platforms for Participation, Mobilization, and Connection
Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.
—ADAM MICHNIK
By 1969 the Polish government’s promises of creating a worker’s paradise were beginning to ring hollow. It was becoming increasingly clear that the Polish economy was hitting the skids. To close the budget gap, a series of austerity measures were announced, including cuts in healthcare, housing, and wages. A year later, it was decreed ...
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