A bit of
color for
once, all th
e better t
o see the red f
lags with,
not to ment
ion the o
bvious aerial
file footage o
f Warsaw
. The stor
y concern
s Jozef Mal
esa, th
e mason or bric
klayer of
the titl
e. He was onc
e the darl
ing of the pa
rty, the
son of two
old par
ty activists,
a work
er of heroi
c reputation,
his own co
mmitment to
The Move
ment unq
uestione
d. He was chos
en to be des
tined for grea
t things
, spec
ially educated
and pushed
forward
to posi
tions of
responsibility
in the Party.
Eventual
ly he dec
ides, because
of the e
thical pr
essures wh
ich he feels
from th
e obstruction
ism of the
bureaucracy fro
m above,
he asks to
return to be a
simple brickl
ayer. He is
distur
bed wit
h the way
the Par
ty deals with
people,
especial
ly thei
r lack o
f direct
contact. He
thinks worker
s know better
than the leader
ship many tim
es but t
hat&amp
;#39;s no
t the way power
flows. He i
s uncomfo
rtable
with the com
promise
s to his
idealism. He
remains com
mitted to
social just
ice and jo
ins his fri
ends for the M
ay Day rally w
here his comfor
t and co
nfidence in h
is place in soc
iety cause him
to defer
to no man, cer
tainly no
rat faced
men in o
vercoats wit
h red ar
mbands.
His great ple
asure in l
ife more
over is la
ying bri
ck. He fin
ds the
work satisfyin
g and fulfill
ing whi
ch is why he w
as such an obvi
ously superior
worker i
n the first pl
ace.　　A bit o
f color fo
r once, all
the bett
er to see
the red
flags wit
h, not to men
tion the obviou
s aeri