Rebranding Hate: What Poland’s Independence Day Protests Tell Us About Europe’s Rightward Shift
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By Basia Polkowska, Occupy.com
Last month, Poland once again made international headlines when its Independence Day demonstrations -- normally a moment dedicated to celebrating the return of the country's sovereignty -- were overwhelmed by 60,000 far-right protestors. Holding up placards with signs like "Europe will be white or uninhabited" and screaming "Pure Poland, white Poland!" as they proudly waved White Power flags, the Polish far-right were also joined by foreign representatives of other extremist groups.
According to Adrian Bartos, spokesman for the All Poland Youth, more than 500 representatives of other nationalist parties from Spain, Germany and Hungary attended the demonstration. In his interview with Business Insider, Bartos said of the foreign far-right cont...