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Poland: Martial Law Remembered

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Poland, Food, Freedom of Speech, Governance, History, Human Rights, International Relations, Politics, Protest, War & Conflict

The beatroot writes [1] what the martial law in Poland felt – and tasted – like: “Martial Law, Poland, December 13, 1981 […] tasted like plastic. There is an evocative free gift with this week’s edition of Newsweek Polska. It’s a little box of chocolates. Inside the period looking box are two chocolates: one is made of real chocolate; the other is made of the ersatz chocolate (czekoladopodobny) that was all most Poles could get hold of during Martial Law, a period of rationing of food stuffs.”