Today in Poland we have 25th anniversary of martial law established by communistic regime. During the first night of martial law ?Äï December the 13th 1981, all Polish dissidents were sent to detention camps. Communistic army and police forces suppress democratic demonstrations and riots in the streets, factories and mines. There was dozen or so casualties among civilian protesters.
During the martial law cinemas, theaters were closed, walking on a street in a bigger group could be taken as a illegal gathering or demonstration, phone calls were officially bugged, there was a curfew after dark and Poland suffered the beginning of the biggest economical crisis.
What does Ireland have to do with that part of contemporary Polish history? There is one little thing - a U2 song ?ÄúNew years day?ÄÌ (from the album Under the blood red sky). That song is dedicated to Lech Walensa - the most known Polish dissident (and the first elected president of independent Poland) who was imprisoned at the beginning of the martial law ?Äï and to the Solidarity movement.
U2 is very popular in Poland, and every year on the martial law anniversary, ?ÄúNew years day?ÄÌ is played very often during those days.
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