Alek Rybczynski, CFP's Poland Reporter ——Bio and Archives--January 4, 2025
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Poland enters the New Year amid full-blown propaganda and infantile enthusiasm. The media keeps people ignorant with third-rate news and gets excited about New Year's Eve parties, meant to distract from real problems.
If we were to fire the propagandists of lies and illusions and hire real journalists in their place, the information would make citizens' hair stand on end--citizens who lack a government acting in their interest. Poland is led by puppets and agents serving globalist agenda interests. Under their "leadership," another partition of Poland is taking place, covered up by news of supposed political and economic successes. Additionally, key departments of justice and security are managed by citizens of Ukrainian origin.
Mind control techniques are being used on the indecently manipulated society, intended to deprive Poles of independent thinking, common sense, and self-preservation instinct. Aggressive attempts to send Polish soldiers to the Ukrainian front are accepted as the only right policy, supposedly serving Poland's and the world's interests.
Not only Poland but all of Europe is trapped. Viktor Orban's attempts to bring about a ceasefire on the Ukrainian front during Christmas were rejected by Zelensky, and the insane deliveries of military equipment and vast sums of money continue, supposedly as aid for Ukraine, which has already lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the front and millions of citizens who have scattered around the world fleeing destruction. Millions live in Poland alone, enjoying all privileges, benefits, free medical care, and social housing.
No country could withstand such a burden, especially since Poland has been compromised by Ukrainian oligarchs' businesses that don't respect restrictive EU regulations, and the country serves as NATO troops' stationing ground, frontline backup, and a site of months-long maneuvers and weapons transfers. The government also gives away tanks, combat aircraft, and weapons for free, weakening its own defensive capabilities.
The tormented nation doesn't realize the gravity of the situation; people live their daily lives, still enjoying prosperity earned through years of hard work, and focus on entertainment. Most can barely make ends meet, but mainstream media and local newspapers remain silent about this.
Nobody thinks that Polish soldiers could be sent to the front at any moment, replenishing the cannon fodder quickly consumed by the war machine.
Even churches aren't raising prayers for peace, as if another wonderful year awaits us. The silence of priests is particularly disappointing, as Poland has a beautiful tradition of clergy devoted to patriotic values and lifting the nation's spirit through brave sermons and speaking truth.
Can the admirable peace efforts of Slovakia and Hungary, and the hope associated with Donald Trump taking power from Biden's warmongers, lead to moderate optimism?
Nevertheless, we will wish each other a prosperous New Year, world peace, and truth that might save our declining Western civilization.
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I am a Polish Canadian poet, writer, journalist, editor and videographer. I have published many poetry books, and received prestigious awards, including best poetry book debut in Poland. In Canada, I published the literary and arts magazine “Oceanic Letter” for almost ten years. Now I am publisher and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Polska Canada. I interviewed Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky, Canadian composer Marjan Mozetich and many others. My journalism is devoted to subjects silenced in the mainstream media. I have written articles on Freedom Convoy for readers in Poland, and I am publishing summaries of uncovered news which matters to our freedoms and fight against a liberal, globalist agenda and political correctness narrative. In 2018 together with Canadians Captains Barry and Matt Sheehy and Paul Sheehy I went to Poland, invited by Polish Government officials, to honour Polish and Canadian soldiers, who fought in WWII. I have made a video, documenting the trip.
Right now I am in Poland for personal reasons, but also to cover the dangerous pro-war propaganda and Poland’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. I would love to contribute to Canadian independent media coverage of the complex situation in Europe, and share my experiences with my fellow Canadians. I am thinking of short video presentations and brief articles, written from the point of view of a Polish Canadian, who has roots in European culture.