Democracy: Traps and Question Marks
3 December 2009, 4:00-6:00pm Reception to Follow

Adam Michnik, political activist, founding member of the Committee for the Defense of Workers, member of Poland’s first non-communist parliament, and Editor-in-Chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland’s largest daily newspaper, will deliver a talk entitled Democracy: Traps and Question Marks.

The Honorable Zbigniew Brzezinsky, National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter will provide introductory remarks.

via Polish-Global-Village : Message: Wilson Center: Michnik and Brzezinski.

It was there that Solidarity, a highly effective civil resistance movement, sat down at a round table with communist officials and hammered out a transition to free elections and a multiparty democracy. After Solidarity then went on to win the June 1989 elections, it provided the basis for a new government, formed in August, headed by a non-communist prime minister. Such a transition away from Communist Party rule had never happened before.

via Adam Roberts: The peaceful revolution of 1989 – Commentators, Opinion – The Independent.

Timothy Garton Ash: Poland has made a humiliating farce out of dealing with its red ghosts | Comment is free | The Guardian

Red Ghosts Haunt Eastern Europe by Eric Margolis

Great, for years the Polish have been looking for a way to get back at us for all our Polish jokes, now they have one. How many Americans does it take to clean a machine gun? 10. One to clean it and the nine who got shot.

via Navy ship accidentally fires on Polish port – CNN.com.

CHICAGO, IL (October 26, 2009) –The PACC October 20th Business After Hours meeting was hosted by Euro Marble & Granite, Inc. Located in the near NW Chicago suburb of Schiller Park, the company is a PACC corporate member. The networking evening was attended by a diverse crowd representing businesses and institutions from across Chicagoland. PACC President Henry Kazmierczak, who welcomed all members and guests in attendance, also thanked Wojtek Rajch of Euro Marble for hosting the event.

via Networking, Celebrating, Integrating with Others:.

Dances with the Mayor, $1.00 (dance proceeds will benefit the 
Hamtramck Historical Museum project).

P.S. Got a dance you’d like to do? Bring a CD! That means you, 
folkdancers!

via Mayor Majewski Campaign Fundraisers | Polish Weekly.

7 October in Warsaw, with great fanfare, the Australian Minister for Foreign Minister Stephen Smith and Jolanta Fedak signed Polish-Australian agreement on social security. Curious, I hurried to the websites of the Australian Ministry for Family Affairs, Housing, Benefits Public and Indigenous Issues, (Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs), to find there, the What will rely mutuality of benefits paid by customers completely incompatible systems of social protection and supply pension in Poland and Australia.

via Mój biznes plan – Forum Polonia | Google Groups.

What you wanted to know about Poland. Old style FAQ

1. Where is Poland?

2. How big is it in relation to the rest of Europe?

3. How do you get there from [asker's location]?

4. What is its capital?

5. Where are some of the other towns and how big are they?

6. Do I need a passport/visa to get there? If so, which ones?

7. How many tourists were there in 2001?

8. How many people actually live there?

9. [and a few more about statistical type things]

10. What is the weather like-is it true that it’s always dreary, rainy and cold?

11. What are some dates in Polish history?

12. Who governs/leads the country?

13. What are some of the main political parties?

14. Who are the artists, writers, musicians and other creative people?

15. Where is there some good entertainment?

Prof. Adam Rotfeld in Australia

Former Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof Adam Rotfeld was recently appointed to NATO’s ‘wise men’ group, chaired by Madeleine Albright, which is to produce a formal proposal on NATO’s strategic reform.

Anna Sadurska talks to Prof. Rotfeld.

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via SBS Radio – Polish.

So it should be the responsibility of a casual reader of Washington Post to conduct his/her own background investigation as to what the author may have disclosed in the past to be able to judge the article’s objectivity and lack of bias instead of having this information served explicitly with the publication?

Secondly, even a superficial Google search for “polanski” and “citizenship” reveals in the top 10 results a number of pages that state that he holds dual citizenship of France and Poland. How can an expert like Anne Applebaum not be aware of it?

via polonizacja Anne Applebaum.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/09/28/DI2009092801782.html

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In Idaho which is governed by Republicans – funding for schools is low. Many libertarians believe that there should be no public schooling at all!

The superindendent of education in Idaho – Mr.Luna, who got his Master degree online, wants to make sure that taxes are not increased. So school day in Idaho is shorter than in many other states and vacations are longer

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via Polish Culture Forum – New article.