Jacek Kuroń - Who is Jacek Kuroń today? (150/150)

To listen to more of Jacek Kuroń’s stories, go to the playlist:    • Jacek Kuroń (Social activist)   Polish activist Jacek Kuroń (1934-2004) helped to transform the political landscape of Poland. He was expelled from the communist party, arrested and incarcerated. He was also instrumental in setting up Workers' Defence Committee (KOR) and became a Minister of Labour and Social Policy. [Listeners: Jacek Petrycki, Marcel Łoziński; date recorded: 1987] TRANSCRIPT: I am still an adviser to Solidarność, to the leaders of Solidarność which means the overt members, Wałęsa and TKK. I was asked to fill this function by the National Solidarność Committee and so that's what I'm still doing because we're all still carrying on with our functions since there can't be another general meeting for the time being. There isn't, it would be, it is... technically virtually impossible. That's the first thing. Secondly, I've already said here that my fate is to be generally known as an opposition activist and so I don't have to be reticent and can sponsor the meetings between the open and the clandestine activists in specific situations. I can sponsor the unity within the whole movement in all kinds of situations. Finally, thirdly, I am an activist and an organiser but just what I do in this capacity I can't tell you here.