For the longest time, Poland, among all Western-ish countries, used to be the most welcoming of Jews. Not so much now-a-days.
Just to give an idea of what this is about: The Radical Camp’s followers argue, on their social-media accounts and in their literature, that the influx of Syrian refugees into Europe is part of a conspiracy driven by Jewish financiers, who are working with Communists in the European Union to bring Muslims into Europe, and with them, Shariah law and homosexuality. Not totally out of line with things you hear on Fox News/et al regarding the previous administration.
This is such bullshit from leftists. Does this clown have proof that all 60,000 were Nazis or chanting white power slogans?
Wasn’t the vast majority of the crowd just celebrating their Independence Day? There may have been a few people that brought Nazi crap to it and spewed hatred. It looks like the person that wrote the article picked out the extremists in the crowd and proclaimed all of them as Nazis. I dunno, seems a little suspect.
LOL... keep trying. The march, organized by a group called the National Radical Camp, underscores the rightward politics of a growing section of Polish youth. The Radical Camp presents itself as the heir to a 1930s fascist movement of the same name, which fought to rid Poland of Jews in the years just before the Holocaust.
I'm sorry, I have a hard time believing a nation that just 75 years ago was almost wiped out by Nazi's would suddenly swing to Nazism. Call me crazy... Oh and the OP twitter account? Former foreign policy spokesman for Hillary Clinton. (eye roll).
Hey look, actual #fakenews. 60K people attended a traditional independence day celebration. There were Nazis there. There were Communists there also. And there were also people who are neither. edit: it seems that the media is conflating Polish nationalists with Nazis. http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/12/europe/poland-warsaw-nationalist-march/index.html Kind of insane to paint those things as one in the same given the historical context of Poland.
It looks like the Polish white nationalists did co-opt a more mainstream public event to celebrate the anniversary. But, I wouldn't be too quick to write it off as unrepresentative either. They've had ultra nationalists protest at the anniversary in several of the last years. And Poland did just elect a nationalist party on an anti-Muslim platform. It seems like the racists of Poland are emboldened by the electoral victory there, just like the US racists have been emboldened by Trump's victory here. Also, can anyone comment about the use of torches on Poland's anniversary? I did participate in a torch-and-pitchfork procession in a small town in France in 1989 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. It was all in good fun, marching with torches around town and to the Catholic church where we watched fireworks. That jibed with the French Revolutionary history though. In that picture from Warsaw, does every torch and flare you see represent at least one white nationalist? That's a scary looking picture.
