Nobody Here but Us Democrats

RADEK SIKORSKI

Warsaw—“No, not under Lenin!” Marcin Swiecicki recoils with disdain as I try to get an angle on him. We are alone in his office deep in the bowels of the Communist Party’s Central Committee headquarters in Warsaw. The night porter had reluctantly torn himself away from watching Miami Vice dubbed in Polish to lead me through a labyrinth of halls, staircases, and corridors in this Stalinist monstrosity. The red flag above the building used to be famous for staying unfurled even in calm weather (a powerful fan created artificial wind for it). Now the Polish white and red has joined the Communist red.

RADEK SIKORSKI

Warsaw—“No, not under Lenin!” Marcin Swiecicki recoils with disdain as I try to get an angle on him. We are alone in his office deep in the bowels of the Communist Party’s Central Committee headquarters in Warsaw. The night porter had reluctantly torn himself away from watching Miami Vice dubbed in Polish to lead me through a labyrinth of halls, staircases, and corridors in this Stalinist monstrosity. The red flag above the building used to be famous for staying unfurled even in calm weather (a powerful fan created artificial wind for it). Now the Polish white and red has joined the Communist red.