100th Anniversary of Poland Regaining Independence
100th Anniversary of Poland Regaining Independence
NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE):
Kuwait, the Kuwait Towers:
Dubai, Burj Khalifa:
Isreal, Tel Aviv City Hall, and a special anniversary stamp:
Paris:
Egypt:
Niagara Falls:
Pacific Park in Santa Monica, California:
Czech Republic, Ostrava City Hall:
Lithuania, Hill of Three Crosses and Mindaugas Bridge:
Ukraine, Kiev Fortress:
Mel Gibson:
sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Kuwait, the Kuwait Towers:
Dubai, Burj Khalifa:
Isreal, Tel Aviv City Hall, and a special anniversary stamp:
Paris:
Egypt:
Niagara Falls:
Pacific Park in Santa Monica, California:
Czech Republic, Ostrava City Hall:
Lithuania, Hill of Three Crosses and Mindaugas Bridge:
Ukraine, Kiev Fortress:
Mel Gibson:
sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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The Independence March in Warsaw - 200,000 people, the largest demonstration in Poland ever:
seen from the nearby hotel:
Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament:
source: 1.
seen from the nearby hotel:
Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament:
source: 1.
Re: 100th Anniversary of Poland Regaining Independence
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... _vaLEuJ9MoPoland's president addresses far right at independence march
Nationalists burning flares and carrying fascist flags marched at same time as politicians
More than 200,000 people are estimated to have taken part in a controversial independence-day march through central Warsaw on Sunday, after a last-minute agreement was struck between senior politicians and the event’s far-right organisers.
The March of Independence, organised by nationalist and far-right groups and held annually in the Polish capital on 11 November to commemorate the anniversary of the re-establishment of the country’s independence in 1918, has grown dramatically in scale over the past decade, attracting activists from across Europe.
Fears of violence as Polish state intervenes in nationalist march
Last year’s event, which attracted an estimated 60,000 people, received international condemnation for the presence of racist and xenophobic banners and slogans and violence directed at counterprotesters.
There was widespread concern in Poland that the march would overshadow official commemorations of the centenary of the country’s rebirth as an independent state at the end of the first world war. Preparations were thrown into chaos on Wednesday after Warsaw’s outgoing mayor, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, announced she was banning the march due to concerns surrounding security and “aggressive nationalism”.
Hours after Gronkiewicz-Waltz’s announcement Andrzej Duda, Poland’s rightwing president, announced the Polish state would be organising its own march at the same time and along the same route as the nationalist march. But it was unclear what would happen if a court overturned the mayor’s ban, which it did on Thursday evening.
More than 200,000 people are estimated to have taken part in a controversial independence-day march through central Warsaw on Sunday. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty
That led to frantic negotiations between the Polish authorities and nationalist organisations, resulting in an agreement in which participants in the state-sanctioned section of the event would march first, followed closely behind by participants in the nationalist march, separated by a cordon of military police.
Lining up in parallel columns, Polish soldiers stood side-by-side with members of the National-Radical Camp (ONR), the successor to a pre-war Polish fascist movement, and representatives of Forza Nuova, an Italian neo-fascist movement, as they were addressed by Duda at the march’s inauguration.
“I want us to walk under our white-and-red banners together and in an air of joy. To give honour to those who fought for Poland, and to be glad that it is free, sovereign and independent,” Duda said, before leading the crowd in chants of “glory and praise to the heroes” and a rendition of the national anthem.
Dwarfing previous iterations of the march in terms of size, this year’s event appeared to feature far fewer overtly racist banners and symbols than last year, although white supremacist symbols such as the Celtic cross were present, and some media outlets reported instances of racist chanting.
The far-right All-Polish Youth, a co-organiser of the march, posted a video of an EU flag being set on fire on the march, as some people chanted “down with the European Union.”
Poland’s political divisions were also on display, as police in riot gear separated marchers from counter-demonstrators gathered under a large banner reading “Constitution”. Some marchers threw objects and fireworks, making obscene gestures and labelling their opponents prostitutes and communists.
Many of those marching sought to distance themselves from any controversy, saying they simply wished to celebrate their country’s independence.
“I just want to celebrate the 100th anniversary. To see all these Polish flags, it’s a beautiful view. I am not involved in politics, I am not involved in the war between politicians,” said Piotr, a biotechnologist from Kraków who was attending the march for the first time. “The atmosphere is very good – except for a couple of groups whose slogans are not OK.”
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During the celebrations of November 11, 2018
European leftist elites
Had leaflets distributed in Brussels
Stating that the Poles had forfeited their confidence
And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts.
A magic, fantastic festival atmosphere. 250,000 people. A grass-roots event. The largest gathering in the history of Poland.
Burj Khalifa, the Eiffel Tower, the pyramids, Niagara Falls and many more illuminated in Polish national colors.
But they won't tell you that. All you get is fear mongering and biased, superficial, shallow reporting:
It's a huge success story of right-wing groups, themselves of no significance politically.
A huge success because they were able to fill a void created by the Polish political swamp - mostly by corrupt liberal swamp creatures (Gronkiewicz-Waltz is a hard-core specimen herself.)
Do you want more Polish nationalism? This is how you get more Polish nationalism - thanks to those hate campaigns against the Poles.
The march as seen by participants:
btw I met some of the scary, pre-war National-Radical Camp folks, or rather their children. The Camp was a small group - mostly highly educated members of Polish elites.
Their class, manners, and etiquette was a sight to behold. They literally were giants in comparison with us literally "peasants." The Nazis and the communists hunted them like wild beasts, they were considered that dangerous to their ideologies.
The camp adopted a few fascist ideas, nothing wrong with that, after all fascism itself was an offshoot of Marxist socialism, and it was the Nazis and the communists that murdered people by the millions.
Many of them perished in Auschwitz, their soul leader Jan Masdorf for helping Jewish prisoners.
European leftist elites
Had leaflets distributed in Brussels
Stating that the Poles had forfeited their confidence
And could win it back only
By redoubled efforts.
A magic, fantastic festival atmosphere. 250,000 people. A grass-roots event. The largest gathering in the history of Poland.
Burj Khalifa, the Eiffel Tower, the pyramids, Niagara Falls and many more illuminated in Polish national colors.
But they won't tell you that. All you get is fear mongering and biased, superficial, shallow reporting:
The event is organized by a non-profit organization, dedicated solely to that goal.Most of the outlets are reporting on world events from [their headquarters]. The average reporter ... is 27 years old, and their only reporting experience consists of being around political campaigns. That’s a sea change. They literally know nothing.
It's a huge success story of right-wing groups, themselves of no significance politically.
A huge success because they were able to fill a void created by the Polish political swamp - mostly by corrupt liberal swamp creatures (Gronkiewicz-Waltz is a hard-core specimen herself.)
Do you want more Polish nationalism? This is how you get more Polish nationalism - thanks to those hate campaigns against the Poles.
The march as seen by participants:
btw I met some of the scary, pre-war National-Radical Camp folks, or rather their children. The Camp was a small group - mostly highly educated members of Polish elites.
Their class, manners, and etiquette was a sight to behold. They literally were giants in comparison with us literally "peasants." The Nazis and the communists hunted them like wild beasts, they were considered that dangerous to their ideologies.
The camp adopted a few fascist ideas, nothing wrong with that, after all fascism itself was an offshoot of Marxist socialism, and it was the Nazis and the communists that murdered people by the millions.
Many of them perished in Auschwitz, their soul leader Jan Masdorf for helping Jewish prisoners.
Re: 100th Anniversary of Poland Regaining Independence
You wanna see videos about the marsh? Here you go:
"Leszek Żebrowski: PiS i Andrzej Duda chcą zniszczyć Marsz Niepodległości. Oni go nie finansowali": [youtube]https://youtu.be/a5fjnlMJwkE[/youtube]
[youtube]https://youtu.be/bpNPtSrt7ZU[/youtube]
I wonder why Duda is marshing along with those unimportant right -wing groups?
BTW, the Intelligentsia -actions aren´t the topic here, and you should provide a source for your "quote (according the forum rules) as it is from a copyright protected text.
"Leszek Żebrowski: PiS i Andrzej Duda chcą zniszczyć Marsz Niepodległości. Oni go nie finansowali": [youtube]https://youtu.be/a5fjnlMJwkE[/youtube]
[youtube]https://youtu.be/bpNPtSrt7ZU[/youtube]
I wonder why Duda is marshing along with those unimportant right -wing groups?
BTW, the Intelligentsia -actions aren´t the topic here, and you should provide a source for your "quote (according the forum rules) as it is from a copyright protected text.
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I´ll help you, wm, it´s from:
"The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama’s Foreign-Policy Guru
How Ben Rhodes rewrote the rules of diplomacy for the digital age."
by the New York Times Magazine.
An article published in May 5th 2016 (!!!), with absolutely no reference to the marsh in Poland last sunday. What a failure.
"The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama’s Foreign-Policy Guru
How Ben Rhodes rewrote the rules of diplomacy for the digital age."
by the New York Times Magazine.
An article published in May 5th 2016 (!!!), with absolutely no reference to the marsh in Poland last sunday. What a failure.
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Of course it wasn't a reference to the march, it was a reference to the low quality, superficial, biassed journalism permanenting even the largest news outlets.
I barely know who Żebrowski is, I don't that interested in the boring and boorish Warsaw swamp. I suppose he's some kind of old-style right-wing apologist.
The Government marched with the Polish march (actually it was two different events separated by a buffer zone) because their own event would be attended by them, their security, and a few local stray dogs.
They had no choice, the Polish march is that popular today.
I barely know who Żebrowski is, I don't that interested in the boring and boorish Warsaw swamp. I suppose he's some kind of old-style right-wing apologist.
The Government marched with the Polish march (actually it was two different events separated by a buffer zone) because their own event would be attended by them, their security, and a few local stray dogs.
They had no choice, the Polish march is that popular today.
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Beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing them, wm!