Summary

The article is a contribution to the monograph of the monthly "Dziś. Przegląd Społeczny", pub-
lished in the years 1990-2008. it was a journal founded and ran by people identified with the liberal
wing of the Polish United Worker's Party, who after the political turn in 1989 found themselves – due
to various reasons – on the margins of the country’s political life. One man exclusively decided on
the journal's programme and shape – its editor-in-chief Mieczysław F. Rakowski. Apart from him, an
important role was also played by his substitute Stefan Opara and the rest of the very modest editorial
board - Alicja Bałakier and Anna Jasiewicz. At first the monthly was supported by a publishing house
owned by Jerzy Urban. Only since the year 2003 did "Dziś" attain an independent status.The journal
covered various subjects. But still, the focus was on economic, political and international problems. As
one of the very few press titles in Poland at that time, "Dziś" challenged the main assumptions of the
so-called shock therapy, demanding such policies that answered the growing problems of the society.
The journal's contributors also found drawbacks in the country's foreign policy, among which the
greatest was thought to be the Russophobia of the post-Solidarity elites. Similar to the French journal
"Kultura" and Jerzy Giedroyc, "Dziś. Przegląd Społeczny" was the sole idea of its editor-in-chief. This
was the reason why the monthly was terminated after the death of Mieczysław F. Rakowski.