Lech Walesa, former Nobel Prize winning and Polish president, warns of 'revolt against capitalism'

[struggle4progress]

By Corky Siemaszko
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Tuesday, October 11th 2011, 1:27 PM

Solidarity hero Lech Walesa warned Tuesday of a "worldwide revolt against capitalism" if the Occupy Wall Street protesters are ignored.

"The demonstrations in New York are against this system," said Walesa, a former shipyard worker who led Poland's successful revolt against Soviet communism.

They are protesting the "unfairness" of an economy that enriches a few and "throws the people to the curb," Walesa told Polish television.

"That's why union leaders and capitalists need to figure out what to do, because otherwise they will have to contend with a worldwide revolt against capitalism," he said ...

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/10/11/2011-10-11_lech_walesa_former_nobel_prize_winning_and_polish_president_warns_of_revolt_agai.html

[Mnemosyne]

1. ...

[jwirr]

2. His victory in Poland ended in IMF World Bank austerity measures

and they are now trying to find a way out of that mess. I am glad to see him speaking up.

[yurbud]

3. Read Naomi Klein's SHOCK DOCTRINE and Poland and every other hopeful political change in 80s & 90s..

turn to ashes in your mouth.

Poland

South Africa

Glasnost in the Soviet Union

In every case, the neoliberal Chicago boys turned revolutions into a new birth of economic oppression.

They took crushed the life out of successful economies in Asia for a while.

Milton Friedman will eventually be recognized as the Pol Pot of economics.

[MedicalAdmin]

4. Friedman and his lickspittles should all be in jail or worse.

I love your turn of phrase, the Pol Pot of economics.

And if I may say, Solidarnosc!

[yurbud]

6. His ideas work perfectly--for the very, very, very wealthy

[jwirr]

5. Absolutely. Unfortunately - EU and the USA are not the next targets.

It bothers me that Obama taught at the University of Chicago and seems to be working with so many advisor's who are still playing that game. What ever the protesters want they need to listen to Naomi when she talks. However at the end of her book she talks about some little country that rejected the austerity measures and came out of the situation whole. I need to reread that section. We all need to reread that section.

Here's to hoping we can do what we need to do in order to rebuild for the future.