Re: Ceaucescu and Romanian transition

[joanna bujes <jbujes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Although I have not read any helpful articles about the "revolution" in
Romania -- I can relate anecdotal evidence from Romanians both in and
out of the country that what James says below is absolutely true.  (I
was born and raised in Romania and I am still fluent.) I tried reading
Romanian newspapers on the web, but I have not found anything useful.

Joanna

Devine, James wrote:

> given how bad the Rumanian government was before Ceaucescu was overthrown, I find the view presented by NPR poet-commentator to be a bit more plausible: the same thugs that ruled before the "revolution" ended up in power afterwards (with the notable exception of Ceaucescu and his family).