Poland’s Leaders March With Far-Right Groups on Independence Day

WARSAW — It was meant to foster unity and celebrate the sacrifices of past generations in the creation of the modern Polish nation. But after days of wrangling and controversy, the country’s Independence Day celebration on Sunday ended up highlighting Poland’s deep divisions.

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President Andrzej Duda and senior members of the government walked at the front of a state-sponsored procession through the streets of Warsaw behind a huge red-and-white Polish flag with an inscription “For you, Poland.”
And Mr. Duda told the crowd that “this march should unite all Poles,” adding, “Let this march be for everyone.”
But hundreds of yards behind the officials from the governing Law and Justice Party were far-right activists known for promoting racist, homophobic and supremacist slogans.

Wreathed in an eerie red mist from burning flares, thousands of nationalists chanted: “Use a sickle, use a hammer, smash the Red rabble.” Some shouted: “White Poland.”
They marched holding a banner with the slogan “God, Honor, Fatherland” and thousands of Polish flags. But some wore balaclavas and waved the green flags of the ultranationalist group National Revival of Poland. Also visible were the flags of Forza Nuova, an Italian neofascist group.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/world/europe/poland-far-right-independence-day.html

Poland’s Leaders March With Far-Right Groups on Independence Day

Poland’s Leaders March With Far-Right Groups on Independence Day

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