In the 20th century, the Polish people fought against the two great totalitarianisms, communism and nazism, and that fight was embodied in many songs.<\/p>\n
Today I want to tell you about a song that emerged in the years of Martial Law (1981-1983)<\/strong>, a period in which the Polish communist dictatorship increased its repression and mobilized the army in response to the growing protests promoted by the Catholic union Solidarno\u015b\u0107<\/strong> (Solidarity), supported by Pope Saint John Paul II. During the year and a half that Martial Law lasted, 56 people were killed by the communists<\/strong> (some sources speak of up to 91 dead) and thousands of opponents were imprisoned.<\/strong><\/p>\n It was precisely in one of the prisons to which some opponents were taken, the \u0141upk\u00f3w detention center, next to the border with Slovakia, where the song \u201cNie chcemy komuny\u201d (We don't want communism) appeared<\/strong>, although in some places it was from Poland they title it as \"Czerwona Ho\u0142ota\" (Red Scum). Some sources indicate that it was written in the aforementioned prison. Leszek Dobrzy\u0144ski<\/a> further notes that the most widely circulated recording of this song was, in fact, recorded in \u0141upk\u00f3w. I have not been able to locate a known author<\/strong> or an exact date of its composition, but various sources indicate that it was written during the period of Martial Law. You can listen it here (the video has subtitles in English):<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n