Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Poland on the 34th anniversary of the eastern European country’s first post-war democratic election – a march the liberal opposition billed as a test of its ability to end nearly eight years of nationalist rule later this year.
The enormous anti-government march in the capital Warsaw on Sunday was attended by citizens travelling from across the country to voice their anger at the right-wing administration.
protests come ahead of elections in which the governing party is seen as the likely favourite to win.
Al Jazeera’s Nadim Baba reports.
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Poles, do you remember 193x? How you thought that your a superpower and played with the Germans like your some kind of equal to them and then Germany squashed you like cockroaches within two weeks?
Read more.. it will help you to understand more…greets
Lol, these are pro migrant leftist. They are only 20% of polish voters😂
VIVA A RÚSSIA Q N SE DOBROU AOS EUA, OS AMERICANOS MORREM DE MEDO DO PUTIN UM GUERREIRO ESTRATÉGICO NA SOBERANIA RUSSA
A OTAN É UMA ARMA IMPERIALISTA
Poland never dies
Literally spent most of history as a subject.
It will !
First thing is kick out the evil NATO
let pray for peace
ALL this is going on in Poland thanks to your master USA
Sounds like Turkey
I bet you there majority of people and what they will quash as did in Turkey…for NATO
When you see a protest with the EU flag, means that is organized by Soros Foundation.
Carry on my dear polish people , Don’t give another chance to you warmonger current government
Poland Government is not only stupid but clueless
Karma! Poles! $uck it up……..
Duda duda run to ur friend elensky
Not much news of this in BBC and DW propoganda channel, is there?
March of used to be Communist oppressors and their families. A march of an absolute hate of those who used to torture, murder us still in 1980’s for the support of Russian rule in Poland.
Donald Tusk is a WEF globalist who will open Poland to third world immigration and Poland will look like the UK.
protests are actually against NATO
I don’t understand how Polonia was in UE…?
Maybe you should read a little bit more?..😂
Not that I have sympathy for current polish government, however, when I see EU flags in crowd and Tusk as leader of the march I become very suspicious. Not to mention totalitarian EU and US leaderships expressing their sympaties with protesters.
Most of them are ex-komunists and their children
Look like Duda has his hands full. The EU is a sink hole. Watch out.
It’s hilarious how they vawe around their EU flags when it is our corrupt EU leaders who are in fact the ones who breed and fund nazis and ISiS right next their borders WHILE using the polish people as our cheap labour
America 🇺🇸 is causing the west to collapse. Nothing but trouble causing.
They are making a big mistake believing in the EU is some how going to help!
Rusia Rusia Russia 😂😂😂😂
Go go Polish go💪🏼
Those are marxists, communists and antifa. 😂😂😂
Donald Tusk? Oh, boy, it is then clear who pulls the strings. Stay alert Poland!
Cost of living…. you will see when war between NATO and Russia starts. Poland crossed the red line at sending Migs amd pilots to ukraine. this will get worse
DW showing protest in Poland seeking EU memb’ship
YES!!! Lay the smackdown against the fascist West, and stop allowing yourselves to be used as puppets!
I wonder if this is the US/UK .. making sure that get back some of that money they promised Poland for going full Russophobic.
Well done Polacy!
The only problem is those who are behind (or at the front if you prefer) this protest are even more corrupted! They were in power and it ended badly!
This is the problem with so called democracy in western world! Two party system and they continue exactly the same policies just after elections. It’s only about the façade, otherwise they are no different to each other really!
Same money from Soros and company as the “protests” in neighbouring countries.
… massive….. Polish🇵🇱 STUPIDITY…🌡️
I hope more people realised their government is just a US puppet
Polish people are slowly waking up. This may lead to liberating their country from corruptioners and the US. Good start. We support you to throw out the pro American leaders and anti polish polluticians ( they polluted the society with war and blood)
Polish people want to be woke, they need Hunter Biden to come and have business with them, not only with their neighbour Zelensky. They want to become godless creatures and EU-Bruxelles stands with them 120%.
This is a trap, I think.
If you don’t know Poland, it’s best to be silent, most of those people who were on this march are simpletons and have no arguments.
About time😇
Nothing here in zombie USA
People in Europe should vote green party for the enviroment thiers no oil in Europe everybody needs a electric car.
There were less than 100 thousand of protesters limited to Warsaw only nowhere else in Poland. Don’t believe in leftists propaganda. These protester represent procommunist who lost rules in Poland in the year 2015 . They also lost their special privileges. This “liberal opposition” wants Poland become vassalized by Germany and Russia. Most of the Poles consider them the traitors with anti Polish attitude.
Many of the them have close ties with Russian or German foreign intelligence agencies.
Don’t worry poland will never open muslim migrant. Islam will never spread in Poland.
Where are my French at? 😊🇿🇦
What do you guys want? You want a government that starts trans propaganda and mass immigration? Come on, look at other countries don’t let leftists take over
I thought hugs Duda and Zelensky were hearty😅 very surprised that not all in Poland like him and his politics. 💗 🇵🇱 despite everything, hi from Ru🇷🇺
Hi, many indeed do not like them in Poland. Unfortunately, too few people are going to elections. This was not a pro-Russian protest though, only anti-government one, if you wonder.
Ukraine is a bipartisan issue in Poland
Very confusing. Opposition protesting against rising taxes and prices while opposition led local governments are the ones rising taxes and prices 🤔
The Poles are going to lose their so beloved identity by entering the EU
xD
Democratic ( socialism )!!
As a Dutchman I stand by Russia
Good on you 😊 I suppose you heard Rutte say that his cabinet should not be changed or challenged during wartime. Is he saying Netherlands is at war? With whom? Or is he just taking advantage to usurp more power for himself?
As a Pole I say you are a moron
It’s just hungry opposition .
Kalergi plan
Minimum replacement birth rate: 2.1
Israel birth rate: 3.00
EU birth rate: 1.53
Canada birth rate: 1.47
USA birth rate: 1.70
Australia birth rate: 1.66
Russia birth rate: 1.50
Ukraine birth rate: 1.23
Moldova: 1.28
Belarus: 1.38
Serbia: 1.48
Bulgaria: 1.56
Romania: 1.60
Albania: 1.58
u are saying that there are still people in Ukraine who make babies? do you have 1942-1943 numbers?
It was a march of people supporting communism and their children. They are fighting with the current authorities because they have lost their privileges and the government has introduced a commission to examine their interests with Russia. AND THIS IS THE MOST AFRAID THAT THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT TO WHOM THEY SERVE!!
Protest against the introduction of dictatorship by the ruling party and their president
Doesn’t matter what you vote tor everything is prepared ahead by elit. Do not vote !!!
More people need to protest against their corrupt governments
If Poland wants to be really free it should exit from NATO
Whilst being of good Slavic pedigree, Poles suffer from a huge identity crisis. They take pride in hating their own blood (especially across to the east) and readily making themselves subservient to the Anglo-Saxon world. They come across as the world’s biggest Slav haters. Such a shame. Oh what western brainwashing and propaganda on the young generation can do, even to people of Slavic pedigree. They will NEVER be successful or happy so long as they hate their own blood to the east.
I remember Poland was strongly in favour of the Ruso-Ukranian war, where thousands of Ukranians have died so far, got displaced and millions more will probably die. Their hate for Russia was that intense. But look at them now, rising cost brought them to the streets 🤣🤣🤣such brave and resilient people. There was oppurtunity to mediate between Ukrain and Russia, and instead the west pushed them to war just to profit from it. Whoever thinks this war will end soon with an Ukranian victory is day dreaming. Russia might be weak, but not as weak as to loose to Ukrain. The war will drag on until Ukrain is completely devastated. Media played a devilish role in fueling up the war.
Thousands of Polish “volunteers” also died in Ukraine. And millions of Ukrainian refugee roaming Polish cities. Hungary is wiser in this case. The anti-Russian sentiment that exists in Poland, makes them blind to reality.
@c’est la vie
Source? Proof? Trust me bro institute database?
Protesters claim they fought to expel communism but are blindly unaware that US is manipulating Poland with propaganda and Russiaphobia. The nearest govt to communism is the USA, committ war crimes and hunt down assange for telling the truth, commit terrorism at nordstream and silence the investigators, tell the public what to think at the risk of being cancelled or losing jobs, spread the US way of life amongs other countrys by corruption bribary and covert actions, start a war in Ukraine which forces a defensive nation ( in comparison to US) to take measures to protect its borders ( like they did on the cuban crisis) and then watch on and fuel the war to gain sales of arms and ammunitions and refuse any country to negotiate peace.
I hope Poland gets a strong and independant govt who is not afraid to make decisions independant of American influence but i fear the ball may be already in play.
Slava ukraine 😂
If Poland 🇵🇱 isn’t careful – America’s 🇺🇲 Proxy War 🪖 with Russia 🇷🇺 in Ukraine 🇺🇦 could be the end of them. Andrzej Duda is hungry for blood 🩸 and wants to acquire Western Ukraine after their inevitable defeat
Not sure about that. It already came out that Poland is giving equipment and money to Ukraine while still buying some Russian gas and in 2022 traded 1.7 billion dollars worth of import/export with Russia. Look it up! its all business!
Leftists, former communists cannot win in at the ballot box so they result to their favorite method – protest, lies and propaganda. Tusk is a criminal paid by the German government to create ferment. Poland is not leftist Warsaw! By the way, Poland is doing far better (since when PiS took over in 2015) than under discredited PO/PSL coalition and that is a fact difficult to dispute.
Corruption will rule until otherwise…
Donald Tusk is German puppet
This is the end of Poland .
Good bye nice knowing you once who you where.
jebać po i wyborców jego!!!!
No 2 NATO
No 2 Neoliberalism
@samsara Why stop at 500 k. Why not estimate at 50 millions or more?
It so funny to see “liberal opposition” believing in their own lies. It’s typical behavior of communists regime and these people have communists roots and some of them are simply bastards of communisms. Communist regimes also believed in their own lies and propaganda. That’s why they collapsed.🤣🤣🤣🤣
These protest was officially organized by “liberal opposition” (while in fact it is a keep for former communists and secret service agents who ruled in Poland through Soviets occupation started in 1945) and represents party PO which lost in 2015 to conservatives PiS.
It was blessing for Poland because since 2015 Poland became country with fastest growing economy in the world.
PO and it’s allies destroyed completely Poland’s economy and brought poverty to common people. They subdued Poland’s economy according to wishes of Germany and Russia. They disarmed Poland’s military and allowed Poland’s intelligence agency to be controlled by Russia’s FSB. Their government took a good care of Germany and Russia interest and did not care about Polish citizens.
Russia wants the to end rules of current government which gives a huge support to Ukraine. Poland is a hub for all weaponry from all Ukraine supporters.
In case these treacherous hyenas from PO will take a rules in Poland ,they right away will cut any support for Ukraine and Ukraine will fall. That’s the real reason
of these protests organized by colorants of Russia’s and German’s intelligence agencies and financed by Russia and Germany.
Rise in anarchy
Why protest communism
Isn’t there anymore!
Is there a food shortage!
I think the polish ppl should calm down and enjoy their democracy. Otherwise, I don’t know what is wrong with that nation… they are never satisfied.
commentator did not notice communists marching together and being part of this opposition , paradox but they celebrated 4th JUNE , which is just anniversary of their political end .
Hey guys! It’s not that it would be seemed.
It’s an anti-government march and the example of tribalism of polish politics. Nothing more.
P.S.
And it’s an example of a Polish democratic system. It was a peaceful demonstration without any ‘incidents’. If Poland wasn’t a democratic republic, they wouldn’t get out on the street to demonstrate in the march, but they would be beaten by the police like in France or Germany.
I hope, I explain all. 🇵🇱
Poland is divided between Right Wing conservative Catholic Nationalists (pro-nato, eurosceptic) and Left Wing Liberals (pro-nato, pro-eu)
The PO party and Tusk were created with the money of Germany.
The Germans want the PO to win the election because then they will be able to implement their policy in Poland.
Oni nie mają nic do zaoferowania Polsce,Do Berlina.
Traitors
More sanctions…😂
They should not follow Americans. Poland is different so as Americans are different.
They have had Zero terror attacks?
Marsz zdrajcow Polski agentury i TW a także analfabetów podpisanych gwiazdkami.
L.Walęsa to TW agent SBecji.
😂😂😂😂😂😂0.5 million?.
Joke.
TYLKO KONFEDERACJA 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
March agentów zdrajców Polski
내 눈에는 독일 러시아 간첩들의 선동에 놀아나는 저능한 인간들로 보인다
한국에도 저런 저능한 인간들이 많다
The PiS sect offered the Poles Covid genocide and incitement to war, which results in war in Ukraine, flooding Poland with several million immigrants from this country, mainly from areas not covered by the war, and providing them with better rights and privileges than we Poles have, and of course high inflation and yeast. Of course, the party that organized this march is a twin party of the PiS sect, which carries out the same anti-Polish policy on Wall Street.
🇪🇺✌️🇵🇱
všetci chcu demokraciu
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This protest is a joke!!!!!!
Polish people need to elect patriotis and servants, not puppets and fashists
To robi niemiecka propaganda!
Stop the wars first!!! People are confused mislead and lied to