мы с тобой, ющенко!

Lech Wałęsa and Wiktor Jushchenko in Kiev today (Gazeta Wyborcza)

Well, it seems as if the Ukrainians have finally got the balls to revolt. Here in Kraków I went to the Rynek yesterday to see if I could some find some action (I had heard that there was a demonstration afoot), but everybody had gone home. Admittedly it was pretty chilly, but that doesn't seem to be stopping the Ukrainians in Kiev. The opposition (Jushchenko's) party has blocked roads, got Wałęsa in on the game, and Kwaśniewski's making the trip to the capital tomorrow... Poland is making an effort to try and help these people, as the West helped Poland when it needed it most. However, the western portions of the EU are experiencing the NIMBY effect, albeit on a much larger scale. The Hague or Brussels can say whatever they want, hell, I can too. Yet actions speak louder than words, as my mother taught me. Big up Yushchenko (Ющенко)!! I have placed a button on this blog linking to his party to show my solidarity. Niech będzie wolna Ukraina!


Wirtualna Polska shows solidarity with the Ukraine on its front page by showing an orange ribbon. Other sites, such as Gazeta Wyborcza, urge Poles to wear orange as a sign of solidarity.


One last thing... what's the OSCE doing at the moment? Has it disappeared off the face of the planet? I thought they dealt with this sort of thing!