The recent elections in Poland and the overwhelming victory of the Solidarity Party provide hope for peaceful change in Sovietbloc countries. We must not. however. be blinded by these events and Gorbachevs promises of glasnost. Instead. we must continue to press the Soviets on human rights issues until all citizens of the captive nations have their freedom. The litany of continuing oppression goes on and on. The Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox churches are still outlawed. Soviet Jews face many hurdles trying to emigrate and reunite with their families. Countless minorities are persecuted for either their religious beliefs or their national and cultural aspirations. There is. however. no greater force than the human spirit and its yearning for freedom.
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