WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hundreds of Poles are marching in Warsaw to commemorate the 31st anniversary of a communist crackdown and to express grievances with the current democratic system.
The protest was organized by the country's main opposition party, Law and Justice, a nationalistic and conservative group led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski.
Kaczynski is the twin of President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in Russia in 2010. That tragedy increased the traditional anti-Russian sentiment of the party's base, something seen in slogans on placards at Thursday's march.
A Moscow-backed government imposed martial law on Dec. 13, 1981, an attempt to crush Lech Walesa's pro-democracy Solidarity movement.
