From Solidarity to Sellout

by Tadeusz Kowalik

Book Overview

In the 1980s and 90s, renowned Polish economist Tadeusz Kowalik played a leading role in the Solidarity movement, struggling alongside workers for an alternative to "really-existing socialism" that was cooperative and controlled by the workers themselves. In the ensuing two decades, "really-existing" socialism has collapsed, capitalism has been restored, and Poland is now among the most unequal countries in the world. Kowalik asks, how could this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583672974
• ISBN13: 9781583672976
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.2"