Post by Bonobo on Oct 31, 2015 21:08:25 GMT 1
In late 1970s, when communism was still quite strong in Poland, guys who claimed that Poland must throw off the Soviet yoke and get rid of communist system were rare. So rare that the secret police had no problem with detaining them and putting behind bars for many years.
But there were such guys and today we must pay them due tribute. They created KPN in 1979 - The Confederation of Independent Poland. They were the most radical anticommunists who rejected compromises and agreements. The only satisfactory solution of Polish problems could be the collapse of communism. They were so radical that even other opposition groups didn`t cooperate with them.
But eventually, it turned out that the radicals had seen what others couldn`t see. The system was abolished in 1989.
Their main leader was Leszek Moczulski.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Moczulski
He was one of the inspirers of the creation and the spokesperson of the Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights.[2] Conflicted with the rest of the members, he tried to break it up by forming a ZINO faction, which was however unsuccessful. Finally, on September 1, 1979 Moczulski announced the creation of the Confederation of Independent Poland.[2]
As a politician, Moczulski referred to the rightist wing of the pre-war Sanacja and the supporters of Józef Piłsudski. In his political works he focused mostly on economical aspect of the possible transformation of Communist planned economy into free market economy. Among the most notable of his actions of the 1980s was a memorandum of February 1985, in which he urged the governments of United Kingdom and the USA to fulfill the promises of the Yalta Conference of 1945 and organise free elections in Poland. For such actions, Moczulski was arrested several times and held in prisons as a political prisoner.[2]
After the Round Table Talks and the peaceful transfer of power from the communist regime to the democratic authorities, Moczulski distanced himself from the agreement and openly criticised the idea of gruba kreska, instead supporting an idea of decommunization, a concept coined after the post-World War II de-nazification of Nazi Germany. He also stayed off the Solidarity movement. He failed to gain enough support in the Kraków-Podgórze constituency for his candidacy to the Sejm in the Contract elections of 1989.[2] The following year he took part in the presidential elections scoring 2.50% of votes. In the Polish parliamentary elections of 1991 he became a member of the parliament. He held his post in the elections of 1993.[2] During his membership, he was a president of various commissions, including the commissions responsible for foreign policies, for support of Polonia, as well as the commission working on the project of the new constitution.
Today
1980s
Underground publications about trial
Before communist court
But there were such guys and today we must pay them due tribute. They created KPN in 1979 - The Confederation of Independent Poland. They were the most radical anticommunists who rejected compromises and agreements. The only satisfactory solution of Polish problems could be the collapse of communism. They were so radical that even other opposition groups didn`t cooperate with them.
But eventually, it turned out that the radicals had seen what others couldn`t see. The system was abolished in 1989.
Their main leader was Leszek Moczulski.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Moczulski
He was one of the inspirers of the creation and the spokesperson of the Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights.[2] Conflicted with the rest of the members, he tried to break it up by forming a ZINO faction, which was however unsuccessful. Finally, on September 1, 1979 Moczulski announced the creation of the Confederation of Independent Poland.[2]
As a politician, Moczulski referred to the rightist wing of the pre-war Sanacja and the supporters of Józef Piłsudski. In his political works he focused mostly on economical aspect of the possible transformation of Communist planned economy into free market economy. Among the most notable of his actions of the 1980s was a memorandum of February 1985, in which he urged the governments of United Kingdom and the USA to fulfill the promises of the Yalta Conference of 1945 and organise free elections in Poland. For such actions, Moczulski was arrested several times and held in prisons as a political prisoner.[2]
After the Round Table Talks and the peaceful transfer of power from the communist regime to the democratic authorities, Moczulski distanced himself from the agreement and openly criticised the idea of gruba kreska, instead supporting an idea of decommunization, a concept coined after the post-World War II de-nazification of Nazi Germany. He also stayed off the Solidarity movement. He failed to gain enough support in the Kraków-Podgórze constituency for his candidacy to the Sejm in the Contract elections of 1989.[2] The following year he took part in the presidential elections scoring 2.50% of votes. In the Polish parliamentary elections of 1991 he became a member of the parliament. He held his post in the elections of 1993.[2] During his membership, he was a president of various commissions, including the commissions responsible for foreign policies, for support of Polonia, as well as the commission working on the project of the new constitution.
Today
1980s
Underground publications about trial
Before communist court