Zbigniew Wiktor Leader of "Proletariat"

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Regarding the situation in Poland, the growth of unemployment is rising very alarmingly. From the end of 2001 the government is composed of a coalition of social democrats and of the union party, under the leadership of Premier L. Miler, who conducts a most reactionary policy, very pro-Western and capitalist privatization of the economy, while in politics the policy is completely subservient to Imperialism. In this regard, the situation for the Polish worker has changed dramatically.

The official government figures for unemployment in Poland is over 3 million workers, but non-official number (closer to the truth) is over 5,000,000 workers unemployed. That means that about 70% of the people are living under the minimum social needs.

This new capitalism means that only about 10-15% of the people benefit, the new bourgeoisie who made for themselves a new heaven on earth, on the backs of a majority of the Polish people. By forcing Poland to join NATO and European Union, this new ruling class has for now guaranteed for themselves a safety net and help in case of need.

In May the government of Miler had lost the confidence of parliament and even of his own party and had to resign. He was hated very much by everyone. The new people at the helm, represent the liberal party orientation as presented by Belka and Kwasniewsiego, the Bourgeois-Catholic grouping. This is even a more reactionary tendency and represents the interests even more of the multinational corporations’ capital in Poland. Poland is now more dependent and in the hands of foreign capital and under greater influence of US Imperialism. The struggle of the Polish currency against the dollar and the Euro is playing havoc in the economy of the country.

I am sending you an article written by Professor Rakovsky who is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Poland which contains much more detailed analyses of the present economic chaos here in Poland.

With Poland’s admission into the European Union this year, it has tied Poland to Western imperialism and Western ambitions in the world and put Poland under ever-greater influence of Germany. In the last while, inflation is becoming rampant and there is talk of even abolishing the agreements reached by the great powers at Potsdam after the Second World War. Germany is now demanding a re-division of borders and claiming different territories for itself. On the other hand Poland is demanding compensation from Germany for the attack by Hitler on Poland. The pot is boiling and it might just boil over!

This new attempt by Germany for "Drang nach Osten" March to the East" by the reactionary forces of Germany presents an evil danger, not only for Poland, but, for the whole of Europe. The growth of fascism in Germany is on the rise, with some parts of Germany having elected outright fascists into the government.

Over 75% of Polish the people want the Polish soldiers out of Iraq. Polish people know that this is a dirty, neo-colonial war in the interest of American imperialism as well as Israeli imperialism. The Polish youth are now demonstrating against this war and the involvement of Polish troops there.