Time Capsule 2020
Protest Placard Teachers, taxi drivers, farmers, miners… and that’s before you get onto the pro-EU lobby and, well, women in general. The year just gone saw a swell of strikes and protests, many of which left the streets of the city center mired in gridlock. With this in mind, what would our time capsule be without a placard shouting for truth and justice: power to the people!
Welcome to protest city – seeing the streets teeming with angry people isn’t anything new for the Polish capital, and we were reminded of that last month when the city marked the 39th anniversary of the imposition of Martial Law. Declared by General Jaruzelski, the state of emergency lasted for 586 days: the sight of brutal street battles and armored personnel carriers disrupting gatherings became commonplace.
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