Reinventing Politics
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by Vladimir Tismaneanu
(Above) Todor Zhivkov’s expulsion from power as leader of Bulgaria’s Communist Party (he is seen here on his way to his trial in February 1991) opened the way for large street demonstrations in Sofia and other Bulgarian cities. Popular discontent forced the Communist party to renounce its monopoly on political power and eventually to change its name to the Bulgarian Socialist Party as a symbolic departure from Leninist dogmas. (Right) A helicopter is seen removing the communist red star from the party headquarters in Sofia. Credit: Above: Michaela Prancheva. Right: East European Reporter