Lech Walesa Not Attending #OccupyWallStreet in New York After Discovering Hard-Left Organizers
by Adam AndrzejewskiThe Polish champion of freedom and liberty, founder of Solidarity, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, and first President of modern Poland Lech Walesa had been rumored to possibly be traveling to New York to stand with Occupy Wall Street protesters. Press accounts reporting this “breathless” news had given all of us pause.
We suspected that the European news media had filtered out accurate information about the genesis of Occupy Wall Street (OWS).
When Walesa’s comments hit the AP wire last week, my team immediately reached out to our Polish contacts. We made the point that the political themes of Occupy Wall Street may have started out with some of the principles that we share, but OWS themes were rapidly being morphed into anti-freedom and anti-liberty messages. At the core is the want for a big, powerful central government to dominate the lives of individual citizens.
Using biggovernment.com plus other news sources, rapidly we painted an accurate picture of the groups training, leading, and organizing the “movement.” The movement is organized by anarchists, Code Pink, the American Communist movement, jihadists, anti-Israel, socialist, and anti- free enterprise interests. OWS folks are politically to the left of President Barack Obama.
At the Lech Walesa Institute Foundation in Warsaw, they were thankful to receive this information.
Based on our discussion and intervention, President Walesa is not going to get involved with the OWS. He is not comfortable with the “organizations” behind the movement. It was not a difficult discussion.
The lifetime of good work exercised by President Walesa has lifted people around the world fighting tyranny. Through the Lech Walesa Institute Foundation in Warsaw, Walesa has supported freedom and liberty around the world. As a man primarily responsible for vanquishing communism in Poland, Walesa has a personal bent toward helping the underdog and the downtrodden.
This spring, when President Obama visited Poland, President Walesa refused to meet with him.
In January of 2010, Lech Walesa endorsed my campaign for Governor of Illinois and made national news when he forewarned… “America is sliding toward socialism.” Watch his remarks below:
Last fall, President Walesa came back to Chicago to raise funds for my good government organization, For The Good of Illinois. We held a tremendous event at University Club, Chicago where over four hundred people were in attendance.
America is a center-right country politically. The Occupy movement, at its core, is a hard-left movement. If successful, America would cease to be governed on our founding principles of freedom and liberty. Thus, we react to the news that Lech Walesa will not support the OWS movement with much thankfulness.
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No kidding. He hated insane commies like those that make up the majority of the protesters.
Best news I've heard all day. All week, really. Even better than Khadafy.
Lech Walesa was the head of the labor party in the then soviet controlled Poland….. if that doesn't tell you everything you need to know about why you should heavily question this occupy "movement", then nothing will…..
Amazing . . . the so called 99%ers occupying our parks need to look to Poland for a lesson on liberty and freedom.
I was in disbelief when I heard that Lech Walesa was planning on attending the occupy mob in New York. I almost thought I woke up in the wrong dimension. The Polish hero who, with the calm but firm backing of the Catholic Church opened the first serious cracks in the communist stronghold of Eastern Europe. With the elections of President Reagn and Prime Minster Thatcher, these four giants amoung humanity defeated the Soviet monster.
The evil serpent is dead, but it laid eggs…..piles and piles of eggs for 71 years…and the vipers who hatched from those eggs are threatening our freedom and our way of life. Thnk you Mr. Walesa for seeig them for what they are and standing up for the dignity and freedom of all men.
"….winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize,"
Ahhhh yes….. Back when the Noble Peace Prize meant something…
The O.W.S. crude could never have endured what Lech Walesa, and the people of Poland went through.
"President Walesa is not going to get involved with the OWS. He is not comfortable with the “organizations” behind the movement."
Thank God. And thank you, Adam. Just the idea that Walesa would stand up with the same kind of communist forces that he stood up against would have been tragic, to say the least.
Lech Walesa again becomes a hero…..Way to go!!
You have to appreciate it when a former victim of communism refuses to occupy or participate. I certainly do. It speaks volumes to what the backers of ows really have in mind.
Those that have fought against Marxism, know what Marxism is, and what it can do in the destruction of any great country.
I don't suppose we'll be seeing this story in the MSM, will we?
Good for Lech. I knew there was something not quite "right" about those news reports.
Not to worry. Al Sharpton says he'll be standing in for Walesa
Wonderful news.
Walesa is one of the truly great men of the late twentieth century.
Kudos to Walesa.
He and Thatcher are the last ones left, from when giants walked the earth.
Reagan, Thatcher, Pope John Paul, and Walesa………..
I'm very happy to hear this. He along with Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II brought down USSR.
Edit: Forgot to give credit to Thatcher as well.
Walesa's already been there and knows better than to do that.
andy, keep up the good work, i love getting the e-mail from you. and walesa would have beaten up the protestors if he would have heard what they were saying. he was fighting for the exact opposite of what these clowns are protesting for. i am glad you stopped him from injuring the protestors, it would have been ugly. mr. walesa has spent his life's work fighting for freedom, and liberty, these guys don't want that at all. but you need a easier last name. every time i forward one of your e-mails, they never know who you are. so i say polish andy who ran for governor, they all say, oh yeah, i remember him.
No. But, they still may have to anyway…..
They can't , they don't have the education to make that comparison with, sad to say.
Walesa fought the Communists in Poland … Democrats in the USA are the Communists.
Democrats in the USA would have Walesa for lunch. Democrats would skin him alive and cook him over an open fire… and then have him for lunch.
It's also a lesson on the consequences of egalitarianism and putting everyone on food stamps.
SPOILER: People go hungry.
Thank-you for making sure he had the information to make a decision I believe is more in line with his beliefs and what he has worked so hard and diligently for. The so called 'solidarity' OWS proclaims is a far cry from his solidarity movement.
They (The O.W.S. crude), in fact, are trying to initiate the exact things that Walesa and the People of Poland went through. That's EXACTLY what we need to avoid here.
When I heard that Walesa was going to speak to the brats, I almost had a spaz. Good thing you folks informed him of the truth.
Exactly. The convergence of those four strong leaders was a miracle handed to us on a platter. Those were great days.
Bravo Mr. President, Keep up the fight!
Wow, we, the people, really can make a difference! Thank you, Mr. Walesa…God bless!
He is clearly a man of high character. He passes up a chance to rub elbows with the Hollywood elites and get fawning coverage from the left wing media.
Thanks Lech,
Well, Mr. Walesa…….
…..what did you expect?
Of all people, you should have seen this from the start.
He knows how commie tyranny begins when he sees it.
Why he even considered talking to these cretins, in the first place, is beyond me.
I wonder if there is a way to directly thank Mr. Walesa?
I ventured out to a small local Occupy protest a few days ago, hidden camera and all. I was stunned at the selfish motivation, all the while they were trying to portray an interest in the "benefit to the masses". What a load of garbage.
Out of an hour plus of doing my best "Rosanne Barr" imitation while chatting with these people, I came away with no more of an idea of what they really expect to achieve than I started with. I had to edit my vid down to under fifteen minutes because there was so much non-sensible junk spewing out of their mouths.
I do think that in part this "movement" is to establish BASES in as many towns and cities as possible. That is potentially a significant problem. Dismiss them as childish whiners and useless idiots if you choose to, but a childish whiner can crack your head open with a pipe as easily as a "typical criminal" can. http://myveryownpointofview.wordpress.com/2011/10...
most people in unions are likely to embrace socialism anyway so don't be surprised if Walesa is basically a socialist at heart.
Great work – we needed hundreds of people like you with hidden cameras at these places and websites like Breitbart and others should have been offering to pay for good footage. God knows the msm isn't gonna tell the real story.
One of the last Giants in a world of midgets, mentally and otherwise. Geert Wilders is another. Seems we must look elsewhere to find them anymore. I am hoping Lt.Col Alan West and Marco Rubio and Chris Christie and Herman Cain rise to the top and re-energize the patriots and teaparty to fend off the communist democrats and unions.
You know, he could've gone and enlightened the unenlightened OWS kids on what communism is REALLY like when implemented with even the best intentions.
Thank God Walesa did not allow himself to be used. Thank you, Mr. Andrezejewski, for your part in that.
The banks get taxpayers money, and they don't feel any shared responsibility for the economic crisis,” the former president said in an interview with Polish tabloid Fakt.
“Do you know how much money bankers make? Heavens above, it's a crime,” he declared.
“People are dying of hunger and they're not showing a sign of moderation,” Walesa said.
The former Solidarity leader concluded that a radical rethink is called for to remedy the situation.
“The economy needs to be looked at again with fresh eyes: the trade unions, the owners of the means of production, and the government administration.”
So he no longer believes this?
He's not like any of you either since he's actually a human being with a conscience. and it sounds like he believes everything OWS believes and was taken for a ride by a group of fascists. I have a feeling this story is far from over.
The banks get taxpayers money, and they don't feel any shared responsibility for the economic crisis,” the former president said in an interview with Polish tabloid Fakt.
“Do you know how much money bankers make? Heavens above, it's a crime,” he declared.
“People are dying of hunger and they're not showing a sign of moderation,” Walesa said.
The former Solidarity leader concluded that a radical rethink is called for to remedy the situation.
“The economy needs to be looked at again with fresh eyes: the trade unions, the owners of the means of production, and the government administration.”
Too bad these were his remarks on international bankers.
Kind of goes against your morally bankrupt idea of what freedom is. Im sure if you asked Walesa about Ayn Rand he would quickly conclude she was a vampire, sociopath, and all around pile of feces.
Really?
There are his remarks:
The banks get taxpayers money, and they don't feel any shared responsibility for the economic crisis,” the former president said in an interview with Polish tabloid Fakt.
“Do you know how much money bankers make? Heavens above, it's a crime,” he declared.
“People are dying of hunger and they're not showing a sign of moderation,” Walesa said.
The former Solidarity leader concluded that a radical rethink is called for to remedy the situation.
“The economy needs to be looked at again with fresh eyes: the trade unions, the owners of the means of production, and the government administration.”
Notice they dont sound even remotely like any of yours.
i am guessing you didn't read the post above, where andy warned walesa he had been had, and he promptly cancelled his scheduled appearance. what a dunce you are. no go back to huffpo, or mediamatters, and blow a progressive.
I'm proud to say President Walesa is a man of resolute honor.
Poland has given us so many examples of excellence and fortitude. One of my dear friends is a naturalized citizen from Poland and I take particular delight in reminding him of the great things his former countrymen have done.
Thanks, Lech!
OWS ARE fascists by definition TROLL
Yeah, but those are still his remarks which I doubt very much have changed due to whether or not he wants to go to NY and speak.
And of course you cant debate things on facts or substance so instead you degrade yourself like a typical lowlife.
As the 4 guys from King of the Hill would say:
Yup. Yup. Yup. Yaaayup.
Very well said sir. Thank you.
Lech Walesa is one of the truly giants of the 20th century. All of Europe and for that matter the world owe him a debt of gratitude.
And obviously you cant read, The article said he doesnt want to be involved because of certain organizers. Not because he doesnt agree with the message hence why his remarks are in solidarity dummy,
But you're fascists by actions. and no OWS are not fascists by definition.
Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood.(the complete opposite of multi-cultarilism) To achieve this, fascists purge forces, ideas, people, and systems deemed to be the cause of decadence and degeneration(in the case of righties its the same exact enemies as the nazi's: artists, intellectuals, homosexuals, and liberals) Fascists believe that a nation requires strong leadership, singular collective identity, and the will and ability to commit violence and wage war in order to keep the nation strong.(That last line sounds like a liberal position? No it sounds like every rightie when speaking about foreign policy. You have no other way to deal with problems except bomb them and kill them)
Cornell West heard this news and promptly had himself arrested.
And uh oh, you called me a troll!
Did those clown actually think that they could pull the wool over Walesa's eyes???? Sure, now finish drinking that bong water.
Putting words in the mouths of people, whom you have never met, working out for you?
but those remarks were due to being lied to about the actual reason for these joke protests. and i wish you could talk to lech walesa, or my dad, so you could understand how monsterous it is to live under socialism. http://www.amazon.com/Bridge-at-Andau-James-Miche...
read that book, and you will see the horors my dad lived through. and take time to pay attention to the details and similarities of how the government was run, then crawl back in your hole. i bet you won't have the stomach to read it, it is very terrifying, but all based on real stories of people who lived it. my dad was one of them.
Did someone step on your toys again?
Gee, I'm sorry.
certain organisers, like neo nazi's, anti semites, communist party usa among others. he was fighting against those people in poland, you are an idiot of the highest degree.
He saw though you, now stop your cry'in!!!!!!!!!!!
You're the type that gives trolls a bad name.
But Skippy, the Communists, Fascists and Socialists all love your little whinefest.
They support it. Now, why would that be?
Since there is no way you'll ever see it, you have just argued yourself into a corner. Heh, have fun. Give us a heads up if you need more toys.
His beliefs haven't changed.
He was exposed to yours.
See the difference?
It's about time.
I have been wondering where are all of the
Eastern European voices who have known Communism and should recognize it's genesis?
Answer: Unfortunately, the training to keep mouth shut has been remembered.
Heh……again?
Argued myself into a corner with what? The American Nazi party tweets discovred by a website called weaselzippers? Yeah. it's really jard to set up a twitter called American Nazi Party and say "we support OWS" but yet theres no one corroborating it? How believable!
And instead of arguing Walesa's comments you deflect to something off topic. And why would socialists support it? Um, because there are socialist positions like free healthcare and education. That doesnt make a communist. Just ask Israel.
TL, you have no idea how poorly informed you are and incorrect by definition to.
Thanks for clearing up that you have absolutely no idea what a fascist is, and ignore what the OWS protesters really are. Let me help you due to your obvious limited intellect and incapability to read.
Fascism:
1. often Fascism
a. A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
b. A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
2. Oppressive, dictatorial control.
Word History: It is fitting that the name of an authoritarian political movement like Fascism, founded in 1919 by Benito Mussolini, should come from the name of a symbol of authority. The Italian name of the movement, fascismo, is derived from fascio, "bundle, (political) group," but also refers to the movement's emblem, the fasces, a bundle of rods bound around a projecting axe-head that was carried before an ancient Roman magistrate by an attendant as a symbol of authority and power. The name of Mussolini's group of revolutionaries was soon used for similar nationalistic movements in other countries that sought to gain power through violence and ruthlessness, such as National Socialism.
If you knew history and what a dictionary is, then it would be clear to you that OWS protests are by definition and action FASCISTS.
And you give people in general a bad name.
Those are still his remarks. cant change that.
Reminds me of this:
(Blinkin' catches arrow in mid-flight before it kills Robin Hood)
Achoo: "Blinkin'! How did you do that?"
Blinkin': "I heard it comin' from a mile away."
Robin: "Right-o, Blinkin', very good."
Blinkin': "Who said that?"
Those walls are kind of hard get out off, huh?
Heh…..keep trying. Maybe an American Nazi can come help you out?
What beliefs are those? I like money and I like spending it. I just dont like corrupt bankers who wrecked our economy or corporations who destroy middle class wages while hording more and more for themselves. See how easy that would have been if you had just asked my position instead of listening to the hum of empty space between your ears?
He doesn't want to see.
Nope just did. right wing smears and plants are pathetically transparent.
He is still not coming! You can't change that.
Amen and halleluiah.
He lived your version of sh!t for the majority of his life, rejected it and now rejected you and the group of sycophants at #occupy———–. Grow up and deal with it!
See? I told you a Nazi would help you, being that you share so much common ground.
One of the last that did.
People like you?
I relish the opportunity. It's far too easy, really.
You do all the work, yourself.
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism
That's the right wing. And obviously you've never heard of right wing socialism either?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_socialism
The hallmarks of fascism are in their cultural leanings and social policies, not their economics but if you look at nazi Germany are closer to capitalism than socialism.
And what you've done is cut off half of your defintion to exclude everything I just posted because it exposes you for what you are while attempting to paint liberals as fascists even though Hitler despised liberals and communists which has been historically validated.
From the Daily News article:
"Support from a world-class working-class hero like Walesa puts more pressure on Wall St. and on the government to get "the wealthiest 1% to do their share to CREATE JOBS and get us through this economic crisis," he said."
Doesn't say anything about taking their money and/or cutting off their heads.
"That's why union leaders and capitalists need to figure out what to do, because otherwise they will have to contend with a worldwide revolt against capitalism," he said.
Sounds like he wants to preserve Capitalism. Lech is opposed to the cronyism and the unholy alliance of Wall Street and our government. I'll go out on a limb and say the Tea Party feels the same way.
Idiot! You are your own best fool.
n 1919 by Benito Mussolini, should come from the name of a symbol of authority. The Italian name of the movement, fascismo, is derived from fascio, "bundle, (political) group," but also refers to the movement's emblem, the fasces, a bundle of rods bound around a projecting axe-head that was carried before an ancient Roman magistrate by an attendant as a symbol of authority and power.
You mean like this: http://americanbuilt.us/images/war-criminals/Cong...
Fun Fact: Hitler loved, loved, loved, loved, loved artists. Had weekend retreats with them at his Bavarian home. Nice try though.
Really??? Really??? Been around long sonny?? In Poland they formed unions to fight off communism and socialism, here unions are doing their damnedest to institute socialism and bring about communism. Therein lies the difference.
Yeah, that makes sense. And nice to change topics since Walesa doesnt agree with your brain dead morally bankrupt idea of what freedom is.
Much like conservatives Hitler hated MODERN ART, thought it was decadent and degenerate and banned it. Maybe you should read Big Hollywood more, you would see how similar your ideas on art are.
Could you atleast try a little harder. Correcting you is too damn easy.
If you could read or understand history, fascism is purely the left. Besides, wikipedia is a crap source site and has a bias. No respectable person uses that site for anything serious.
Actually, you have that backwards on Nazi Germany on socialism. As Nazi Germany was the focal point of Communism and that is a slight variation of Socialism. There was nothing right wing about the Nazis and most of their beliefs are being expressed in the OWS currently, even down to being against the Jews. In other words, OWS are repeating Hitlers Brown Shirts exactly.
Yes, I did copy and paste the definition, but I excluded nothing. All you did was tack on BS from a crap site with no evidence. On top of that, Hitler was a Communist and was a heavy liberal. I don't need to paint liberals in light, as they put themselves in this situation, and I am exposing what they really are to you.
Your problem is very simple, you deny reality. You just cant accept the fact that liberals now are repeating history again. The evidence of such is everywhere and denying such is just stupid.
Not this version, the MSM will have to spin it first.
"sounds like every rightie when speaking about foreign policy. You have no other way to deal with problems except bomb them and kill them) "
Thank God for Ron Paul. This is why it doesn't matter if he gets elected. His legacy will live forever.
Lech is opposed to the cronyism and the unholy alliance of Wall Street and our government.
SO DO I, but no one bothers to ask me and assumes i want to live in a North Korean death camp. I don't. I work, make money, buy things I like, and enjoy it.
The space between my ears is filled with the accumulated observation of my senses. A grounded education in the real world has given me a finely tuned BS detector.
It pegs every time you post, Miss.
I'm glad you like money. Perhaps one of your wonderful drummers will give you some after they are done fighting over it, or maybe one of them will pull a gun on you, or rape you, or just want to shoot you because you're a white b*tch, or steal from you.
I hate modern art too. What does that mean? Am I evil? Or do I have good taste in art?
Hilter loved art. He considered himself an artist. The Nazi's had state censored art. So did the communists. What's the difference?
Hitler embraced homosexuality.
Cowboy, your "right on"……
Ignorance, by choice and predisposition.
You are aware that your photo actually proves nothing. It is trying to point something out that isn't there.
You have proven something else to me, you really, really suck at providing counterpoints. I have proven you wrong not once but twice already.
So please, could you come back after a real understanding of history before you spout off more stupidity again.
Fun Fact: EVERY political group in Italy was known as a "fascio" because it meant a group.
il fascio di (fill in the blank.)
The Fascists were simply "THE group." Its ideology was the third way. Made popular by Sweden at the time. But the roots come from Pope Leo and his benevolent "corporatism." The union and cooperation of all segments of the economy run by the State to set prices, wages, profits etc.
Heh!
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