Adam Michnik a guest speaker in AZ and CA

Adam Michnik, Polish Activist; Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Author, The Trouble with History: Morality, Revolution, and Counterrevolution

The Trouble with Democracy After Communism
Adam Michnik was a leader of the anti-Communist opposition in Poland in the 1970s and 1980s. He is the editor-in-chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, a daily newspaper often referred to as “The New York Times of Eastern Europe.” He is among Poland’s most prominent public figures, with a distinctive voice dedicated to dialogue, tolerance and freedom.

Michnik was a leading figure in the 1968 student movement in Warsaw, a co-founder of KOR (Committee for the Defense of Workers) in 1976, and a prominent Solidarity activist in the 1980s. In 1989, he participated in the Round Table Talks, which resulted in Poland’s nonviolent transition to democracy, and he served as a deputy in Poland’s first non-communist parliament. He is the author of several books and countless essays, analyses and interviews. Today, he regularly travels throughout the world, giving lectures on democracy, totalitarianism and the paradoxes and dilemmas of contemporary politics.

The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles is honored to invite you to public lectures by Adam Michnik

Historian, Political Activist and Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza

Tuesday, October 21st,  2014 at 10.30 am
The Ronald Regan Presidential Foundation
40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065
Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Featuring the remarks by:
Mr. John O’Sullivan – Director of the Danube Institute in Budapest and author The President, the Pope and the Prime Minister: Three Who Changed the World
Followed by a Panel Discussion with:
The Honorable Peter Gandalovic – Czech Ambassador to the United States
The Honorable Laszlo Kalman – Hungarian Consul General in Los Angeles
Mr. Adam Michnik – Polish Dissident,  Politician and Publisher

Please RSVP by Monday, October 13th, 2014 to www.reaganfoundation.org/rsvp/wall/event , tel. 805-522-2977

Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 7.15 pm 
Mark Taper Auditorium - Central Library (ALOUD), 630 W. Fifth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Fomenting Democracy: From Poland\'s Solidarity to Egypt\'s Tahrir Square
Adam Michnik and Yasmine El Rashidi in conversation with radio producer Mike Shuster

It’s been twenty-five years since the ultimate victory of the Solidarity movement in Poland, a revolution that ultimately led to the fall of communism. Adam Michnik, a Solidarity activist jailed by the Polish communist regime for his dissident activities, and now among Poland’s most prominent public figures, discusses the legacy of that revolution with Yasmine El Rashidi, a young intrepid Cairo-based journalist whose essays and articles on the (unfinished) Egyptian revolution were nominated for an Amnesty International Media Award. Can a velvet revolution offer any useful lessons to a bloody one?

Reservations: http://www.lfla.org/event-detail/1048/Fomenting-Democracy-From-Polands-Solidarity-to-Egypts-Tahrir-Square

Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 at 12.00pm
6275 Bunche Hall
UCLA
Democracy After Communism in Eastern Europe, Twenty-Five Years Later

The Center for European and Eurasian Studies is hosting a public lecture by Adam Michnik.

RSVP: http://www.international.ucla.edu/euro/event/10765

Friday, October 24th, 2014 at 1.00 pm
Phoenix College Osborn Center
Dome Room
3310 N. 10th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85013

Global Forum: Issues and Challenges to Global Peace in the 21st Century

Event organized by The Melikian Center: Russian, Eurasian & European Studies of the Arizona State University

1:00 p.m. - Conflict and Transformation in the Post-Soviet World. Keynote Presentation by Adam Michnik

2:30 pm. - Crisis in Ukraine: A Panel Discussion with Leading Scholars on Post-Soviet Affairs

This segment will feature a moderated panel and audience discussion led by Stephen Batalden, Director, Melikian Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies, Arizona State University. Panelists will include: Adam Michnik, Mark Von Hagen, Albert Celoza, Linda Wetzel.
4:00 p.m. – Closing
RSVP: ASU Melikian Center, tel.: 480-965-4188, melikiancenter@asu.edu

Thursday, October 30th, 2014 at 5.15 pm
Morrison Reading Room of Main Library
101 Doe Library, Berkley, CA 94609
Additional information:
http://calmarketplace.berkeley.edu/profile/morrison-reading-room-doe-library
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/doemoff/morrison/

Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 from 6.00 pm to 7.15 pm
The Trouble with Democracy After Communism
SF Club Office, The Commonwealth Club, San Fransisco, CA
Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in, 6 p.m. program
Cost: $20 non-members, $12 members, $7 students (with valid ID)