In the new issue of the weekly magazine “Sieci”, Marek Budzisz analyzes the threat from Moscow during the upcoming elections in Poland. He notes that … in the coming years, the Russians will put more emphasis on gray zone activities, efforts to destabilize neighbors and countries perceived as hostile, become active in cyberspace and be more willing to refer to their nuclear potential . Will Poland also be an area of Russian activity?
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“Let’s expect a hot autumn in Poland”
Marek Budzisz emphasizes in the article “Let’s expect a hot autumn in Poland” that given the events of recent months, Poland’s importance in the international arena is growing. Poland is a country committed to both defending NATO’s eastern flank and supporting Ukraine’s military efforts, of which Russia is certainly aware.
During the recent parade on pl. Two veterans sat next to Putin in red. One, together with the NKVD, was responsible for the pacification of eastern Poland and the introduction of Russian orders after the war, and the other won the seat of Czechoslovak television in Prague in 1968. It is difficult to find a clearer signal to European countries that are the pillars of a tough stance on Russian aggression in Ukraine. The Russians are trying in various ways to intimidate the societies of the countries that support Kiev. Incidents will multiply, as in the case of Przewodów or the Ch-55 cruise missile, the remains of which were found in a forest near Bydgoszcz. It’s about both checking the tightness and responsiveness of the country’s air defense system and convincing the Poles that they shouldn’t feel safe.
– says Marek Budzisz.
“Someone has to draw the red lines”
In an interview titled “Someone has to draw red lines”, Jacek and Michał Karnowscy with Maciej Świrski, the chairman of the National Broadcasting Council, raise the issue of penalizing one of the radio stations on which Prof. Wojciech Roszkowski. Maciej Świrski explains why he decided to comment on the content promoted by the radio station.
Everyone in Poland can criticize whatever they want, especially textbooks. I considered it a violation of the law to compare the textbook approved by the Polish state with the textbook for the Hitler Youth, to humiliate the victims of the Second World War by using derogatory terms, and to use swear words and insults in relation to a respected historian. Prof. Wojciech Roszkowski
– says the chairman of the National Broadcasting Council.
He also admits that the steps taken against the sender will not have a devastating and chilling effect.
I know the revenues and profits of this broadcaster and I assure you that the fine of 80,000. zloty. it’s not a big deal for him
we are reading.
Maciej Świrski emphasizes in the conversation that reliability is very important in the journalism industry. According to him, recipients can make wrong decisions with false information.
Let’s take the case of the alleged poisoning of the Oder with mercury, supposedly for 100 years. It turned out to be fake news produced in Germany and replicated in Poland. And yet such information can influence hundreds of life and economic decisions, not to mention the potential to cause panic. As a market regulator, I say frankly to the broadcasters: your opinion is free, your attitude towards the government is indifferent to me, but your reporters and presenters must tell the truth, they must not lie about the facts. This is also stated in the Press Act: information must be reliable
– analyzes Świrski.
“How other nations (don’t) apologize for the Holocaust
In the article “How other nations (don’t) apologize for the Holocaust”, Małgorzata Wołczyk examines how other countries deal with their Holocaust history.
He notes that:
The repertoire of common lies includes the theory that Poles deny their mistakes with exceptional skill.
He emphasizes that Poles are labeled anti-Semites in the media, such as Gazeta Wyborcza. The author states that according to this material we have not taken into account our past, but that other countries have.
Wołczyk gives France as an example. To notice:
The heirs of great power France were not accustomed to boasting about collaborating with the Nazis. […] Jacques Chirac was the first president to acknowledge the responsibility of the French after 50 years. […] As many as 75,000 Jews were deported from France to death camps.
The author describes the material that appeared in the local press:
The article addresses the topic of belated repentance and ends with typical French complacency: after all, they had a resistance movement and plenty of righteous people who saved Jews from the Holocaust. “The recognition of this dark part of French history is thus offset by the country’s more glorious past.”
– we read at the end of the article.
Wolczyk adds that
We do not forget France’s involvement in the Holocaust, and the most reliable book on the subject was published by the American historian Robert Paxton, moreover based mainly on German archives. […] slogans about Polish anti-Semitism during the war appear periodically in French newspapers. At the same time, the author proves that the situation in France is still difficult: France’s Chief Rabbi appealed to President Macron for the government to take steps to combat anti-Semitism. He reported that as many as one in three French Jews say they feel threatened in France every day.
What else in “Network”?
We also recommend articles: Stanisław Janecki’s “The Last Pork Chop”, Konrad Kołodziejski’s “Kazik’s Betrayal”, Jakub Augustyn Maciejewski’s “We Will Not Be Gods. Something About Artificial Intelligence”, Dariusz Matuszak “Hot-Cold, Hell-Heaven, Or The Weather And Climate Dispute “, Piotr Gontarczyk “Barbara Engelking’s scissors”, Aleksandra Rybińska “Erdoğan over the abyss”.
Also noteworthy is Dorota Łosiewicz’s conversation with Olga Semeniuk-Patkowska, Deputy Minister of Development and Technology, and with Piotr Patkowski, Deputy Minister of Finance (“Road strewn with logs”) and Colonel’s Andrzej Rafał Potocki. Nikolai, the head coach of the Belarusian regiment named after Konstanty Kalinowski fights at the front on the side of Ukraine (“Today we defend Ukraine, tomorrow we liberate Belarus”) or Goran Andrijanic with card. Gerhard Ludwig Müller, a German pastor, former prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (“Poles can recognize totalitarian propaganda”).
In addition, weekly commentaries on current affairs by Krzysztof Feusette Dorota Łosiewicz, Bronisław Wildstein, Andrzej Rafał Potocki, Marta Kaczyńska-Zielińska, Samuel Pereira, Wojciech Reszczyński, Aleksander Nalaskowski, Jan Pospieszalski, Jerzy Jachowicz, Katarzyna Zybertowicz.
More in the new issue of the weekly magazine “Sieci”.
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Source: wPolityce