Maybe the Polish experts would llike to comment on this interview given recently by a Polish deputy education minister? Or this survey of Polish racist groups, some of which are included in the governing coalition at national or local level?

But the real point was my comparison of Poland today with Ireland of the 50s/60s. The Catholic church entrenched as a conservative political power-behind-the-scenes; the widespread support, and also widespread resentment; the restrictive social legislation; the appeals to nationalism. And, to fetch us back to the topic, the comparison between the sufferings of Ireland due to British imperialism comares with the Polish nationalism engendered by Russian and German states grasping at the country. In both cases, a repressive religious view and a n often kneejerk nationalism are the result.