Gazeta Wyborcza, 12 November 2010
“We booed them,” headlines Gazeta Wyborcza referring to the stand off between extreme right supporters and their left wing opponents during 11 November celebrations of Polish Independence Day. A record number of participants took part in both demonstrations, with some 2,000 members of the National Radical Camp (ONR) facing a 3,000 strong coalition of feminists, antifascists, homosexuals and left-wing sympathisers. The latter, following the advice of Gazeta Wyborcza, brought whistles to drown out their opponents’ slogans and blocked their way, leading to minor scuffles and a number of arrests. “The tide of nationalism is rising in Europe and it has come to Poland,” warns the liberal daily.
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