Throughout East Germany, tens of thousands of East Germans resumed marches, demanding free speech, free elections, and the abolition of the Communist Party's leading role in society. Man (PAR107315)

Throughout East Germany, tens of thousands of East Germans resumed ...
Magnum Photos;  January 1, 1989 ;     684 words ... ... speech, free elections, and the abolition of the Communist Party's leading ... leader of the Communist Party, as unfit ... called for free elections and the abolition ... speech, free elections, and the abolition of the communist party's leading ...

Article: Just a party among others? (Polish Communist Party ...
The Economist (US);  March 18, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... March 7th the Polish communist party offered Solidarity free elections to a new upper house ... the birthright of the communist party. From Mr Mikhail Gorbachev ... used to be argued, the communist party is the keeper of public ...

Article: COMMUNIST PARTY LOSES ITS MONOPOLY ON BULGARIA RULE
The Boston Globe;  January 16, 1990 ;     654 words ...SOFIA, Bulgaria - Parliament voted unanimously yesterday to abolish the Communist Party's monopoly on power, opening the way to free elections. It also reaffirmed the revocation of harsh restrictions on the ethnic Turkish minority ...

Article: Soviets Maintain Communist Party In the ...
The Washington Post;  November 13, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... origins. The Hungarian Communist Party last month remade ... In Poland, the Communist Party gave way this summer ... By moving toward free elections, East German leader ... years. The Soviet Communist Party is, by no means ...

Article: Romanian Rulers Seek to Avert Jan. 28 Vote; Leadership Terms ...
The Washington Post;  January 18, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... immediate ban on the Communist Party and promised protesters ... party, even the Communist Party, is inconsistent ... allowed to run in free elections scheduled later this ... secretary of the Communist Party Central Committee ...

Article: FREE ELECTIONS HINTED FOR CZECHS.(Main)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  November 29, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... today that free elections could be held ... year. The Communist Party leadership ... to push for free elections, free speech ... they lost in free elections. But he stressed ... told 3,500 Communist Party activists in ...

Article: New Leader Favors `Free Elections,' but Bulgarians ...
The Washington Post;  November 18, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... supports "free elections" and declared ... and not the Communist Party which he heads ... accept. "New free elections immediately ... I am for free elections . . . . It ... change. "The Communist Party is not an institution ...