The Olympic flame wavers in Europe

Seweryn Blumsztajn was delighted to see the Olympia torch relay disrupted in Paris. "Now we, the citizens of the world, have extinguished the flame of the Chinese superpower. In day-to-day life we are powerless against catastrophic world politics. And then suddenly there comes a moment when our Internet appeal or a poster hung in a window become part of the world power of decent people - a new global power. I was moved when the Olympic torch was put out in Paris. I remember the 14th December 1981. ... Together with trade union leaders, we [living in exile in Paris] staged a demonstration against the imposition of martial law in Poland. Hundreds of thousands of Parisians marched behind us; nowhere else in the world did so many people join the protest. How proud I was of this city back then, and today I am once again proud of it."

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