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*** 13-Nov-17 World View -- Poland's Independence Day march hijacked by right-wing 'White Nationalists'

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
  • Poland's Independence Day march hijacked by right-wing 'White Nationalists'
  • Nationalism and xenophobia continue to rise around the world
  • Recalling President Trump's July 6 speech in Warsaw Poland

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**** Poland's Independence Day march hijacked by right-wing 'White Nationalists'
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Far-right demonstrators burn flares and wave Polish flags on Saturday (AFP)

Tens of thousands of people marched in Warsaw on Saturday at the 99th
anniversary celebration of Poland's Independence Day. Poland became
an independent nation on November 11, 1918, the day that World War I
ended.

Many of the marchers carried right-wing "White Nationalist" banners,
including "Clean Blood," "Pray for an Islamic Holocaust," and "White
Europe, Europe must be white." Some wore masks and waved red and
white Polish flags, chanting "Death to enemies of the homeland," and
"Catholic Poland, not secular."

However, it's not known how many in the crowd sympathized with these
views, as many people told reporters that they were not part of the
radical-nationalist groups, but were simply attending in celebration
of Independence Day.

The march was not an official government event, but had three main
right-wing sponsors -- All Poland Youth, National Movement and
National Radical Camp, which is known by its acronym ONR. All Poland
Youth has been organizing these demonstrations since 2010. They
started out small, but have growing in size until this year, when the
overshadowed the other Independence Day events.

This is not surprising, as xenophobia and nationalism have been
occurring in countries around the world, and have been growing as we
go deeper and deeper into a generational Crisis era, and the survivors
of World War II die off.

Poland's Interior Minister Mariusz Blaszcza was pleased that there was
no violence:

<QUOTE>"Independence Day... was safe. We could see wide and
red in the streets of Warsaw, it was a beautiful sight. We are
proud that so many Poles decided to take part in
events."<END QUOTE>


The Independence Day march turned violent in 2014, when some of the
members of far-right groups broke away from the main rally and started
to throw stones and flares at the police.

This year, there were 8,600 police in Warsaw to keep the far-right
groups and the anti-fascist protesters apart, and so violence was
almost completely absent.

According to official figures, more than 65,000 people took part in
308 events nationwide, and 60,000 took part in an Independence March
in Warsaw. The News (Warsaw) and CNN and Politico (EU) and BBC (11-Nov-2014)

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**** Nationalism and xenophobia continue to rise around the world
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As regular readers know, I've been writing about the worldwide rise of
nationalism and xenophobia for years. In America, we've seen
xenophobia on the right directed against Muslims and Mexicans, who are
mostly Christians, and we've seen xenophobia on the left directed
against Tea Partiers and Midwesterners who (I believe) are mostly
Protestants. We've also seen calls for violence from left-wing groups
including Antifa and Black Lives Matter.

In Europe, there's been widely publicized xenophobia directed against
Muslims and Roma, but that's far from the only case.

An interesting example is the UK and its Brexit vote, which was
largely directed at immigration issues related to the EU rules about
"freedom of movement." However, "freedom of movement" in this context
has nothing to do with Syrian and African immigrants. It refers to EU
citizens being able to move freely from EU country to EU country, and
although immigration of Syrian refugees was a part of the Brexit
motivation, the main issue was actually Christians from eastern
European Union countries like Poland, Romania and Bulgaria.

So, if we want to speculate, it could be that part of the opposition
to the EU by far-right groups in Poland is a reaction to the
xenophobia of the British directed at Poland.

The phrase "European Project" refers to the efforts, begun in the
1950s, to take steps to prevent another massive war in Europe,
following the devastation of two world wars that destroyed Europe.
The war survivors fully understood that the massive destruction of
Europe had been caused by nationalism and xenophobia. This lead to
the Treaty of Rome in 1957, and eventually to the formation of the
European Union.

The European Project worked well, in that there's been no major
European war since then. However, the World War II survivors that
signed the Treaty of Rome and created the European Union are now
almost all gone. The younger generations have no clue how destructive
nationalism and xenophobia can be, and how they can lead to the
massive destruction of a new world war.

As the saying goes, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes."

Each time that a World War II survivor dies or retires, and is
replaced by a younger person, then there is one more person who has no
clue about the destructiveness of xenophobia and nationalism.

In Japan, the xenophobia is directed at China. In China, the
xenophobia is directed at Japan and the United States. In India, it's
directed at Muslims in Pakistan. In Pakistan, it's directed at Hindus
in India. So nationalism and xenophobia are not narrow attitudes
directed at just one group, but are an organic part of every
population during a generational Crisis era, and may be directed at
any religious or ethnic group, depending on the country. Guardian (London) and Jewish Chronicle

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**** Recalling President Trump's July 6 speech in Warsaw Poland
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On July 6, President Trump gave a speech to a euphoric crowd in Warsaw
Poland linking today's world to the 1930s, and compared the dangers
that Poland faced then to the dangers that Europe faces today from
terrorism:

<QUOTE>"Under a double occupation the Polish people endured
evils beyond description: the Katyn forest massacre, the
occupations, the Holocaust, the Warsaw Ghetto and the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising, the destruction of this beautiful capital city,
and the deaths of nearly one in five Polish people. A vibrant
Jewish population -- the largest in Europe -- was reduced to
almost nothing after the Nazis systematically murdered millions of
Poland's Jewish citizens, along with countless others, during that
brutal occupation.

In the summer of 1944, the Nazi and Soviet armies were preparing
for a terrible and bloody battle right here in Warsaw. Amid that
hell on earth, the citizens of Poland rose up to defend their
homeland. I am deeply honored to be joined on stage today by
veterans and heroes of the Warsaw Uprising. ...

This continent no longer confronts the specter of communism. But
today we're in the West, and we have to say there are dire threats
to our security and to our way of life. You see what's happening
out there. They are threats. We will confront them. We will
win. But they are threats.

We are confronted by another oppressive ideology -- one that seeks
to export terrorism and extremism all around the globe. America
and Europe have suffered one terror attack after another. We're
going to get it to stop.

During a historic gathering in Saudi Arabia, I called on the
leaders of more than 50 Muslim nations to join together to drive
out this menace which threatens all of humanity. We must stand
united against these shared enemies to strip them of their
territory and their funding, and their networks, and any form of
ideological support that they may have. While we will always
welcome new citizens who share our values and love our people, our
borders will always be closed to terrorism and extremism of any
kind.

We are fighting hard against radical Islamic terrorism, and we
will prevail. We cannot accept those who reject our values and who
use hatred to justify violence against the innocent."<END QUOTE>


As I wrote at the time,
Trump's
speech is consistent with the principles and analysis provided by
Generational Dynamics. That analysis was provided to Trump by his
chief advisor at the time, Steve Bannon, who is an expert on
Generational Dynamics, as well as on military and world history.

However, in July, Trump had an additional message for the people of
Poland:

<QUOTE>"We have to remember that our defense is not just a
commitment of money, it is a commitment of will. Because as the
Polish experience reminds us, the defense of the West ultimately
rests not only on means but also on the will of its people to
prevail and be successful and get what you have to have. The
fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will
to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them
at any cost? Do we have enough respect for our citizens to protect
our borders? Do we have the desire and the courage to preserve our
civilization in the face of those who would subvert and destroy
it?"<END QUOTE>


Unfortunately, the right-wing groups in Warsaw are not listening to
President Trump's message about defending our values. Marchers
carrying signs that say "Clean Blood," "Pray for an Islamic
Holocaust," and "White Europe, Europe must be white" may think that
they're defending their borders, but they are not. Instead, these
right-wing groups are writing a prescription for a new world war, and,
once again, total destruction of Europe, this time with nuclear
weapons.

Unfortunately, there's no way to stop this. As the WW II survivors
continue to die off, xenophobia and nationalism will continue to
increase on all sides, until some event triggers a small conflict that
spirals into full-scale war and a world war. Those who are lucky (or
unlucky) enough to survive will have plenty of time to contemplate
what they did wrong.

Related: Donald Trump's speech in Warsaw Poland evokes the Clash of Civilizations (07-Jul-2017)

KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Poland, Warsaw, Independence Day,
All Poland Youth, National Movement, National Radical Camp, ONR,
Mariusz Blaszcza, European Project, Treaty of Rome

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