Comments on: A Tribute to the Polish People http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/ideas-and-consequences/a-tribute-to-the-polish-people/ Ideas on Liberty Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: stegiel http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/ideas-and-consequences/a-tribute-to-the-polish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-29971 stegiel Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:43:08 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=12038#comment-29971 Not so fast. The CIA was shoving money to Solidarity and offering other help. So was the Roman Catholic Church. And it may also be the case that the Russians were not so unhappy about it: This is Anatoliy Golitsyn's shocking book New Lies for Old - The Communist Strategy of Deception and Disinformation (1984) where a top-ranking KGB defector reveals the long-term gameplan and disinformation campaign for the now "dead" Soviet Union and the international socialist revolution as a whole. The author worked in the strategic planning department of the KGB in the rank of Major. In 1961 under the name "Anatole Klimov" he was assigned to the Soviet embassy in Helsinki where he defected to the CIA and was interviewed there by counter-intelligence director James Angleton. Golitsyn provided priceless information about many famous Soviet agents including Kim Philby, Donald Duart Maclean, Guy Burgess, John Vassall, double agent Aleksandr Kopatzky and many others. It was only with his defection that Philby was confirmed as a Soviet mole. But his vast knowledge included not only names but the overall strategy of deception that the communists planned decades ahead. In New Lies For Old he successfully predicted the collapse of the communist bloc years before it actually happened and warned about a long-term deception strategy designed to lull the West into a false sense of security and finally economically cripple and diplomatically isolate the United States. As he writes, the 'liberalization' in the Soviet Union would be spectacular and impressive. Formal pronouncements might be made about a reduction in the communist party's role and its monopoly would be apparently curtailed. If liberalization should be extended to East Germany, demolition of the Berlin Wall might even be contemplated (and it did fell). The European Parliament might become an all-European socialist parliament with representation from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. 'Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals' would turn out to be a neutral and socialist Europe. Was KGB defector Anatoliy Golitsyn right? Not so fast. The CIA was shoving money to Solidarity and offering other help. So was the Roman Catholic Church. And it may also be the case that the Russians were not so unhappy about it: This is Anatoliy Golitsyn’s shocking book New Lies for Old – The Communist Strategy of Deception and Disinformation (1984) where a top-ranking KGB defector reveals the long-term gameplan and disinformation campaign for the now “dead” Soviet Union and the international socialist revolution as a whole. The author worked in the strategic planning department of the KGB in the rank of Major. In 1961 under the name “Anatole Klimov” he was assigned to the Soviet embassy in Helsinki where he defected to the CIA and was interviewed there by counter-intelligence director James Angleton. Golitsyn provided priceless information about many famous Soviet agents including Kim Philby, Donald Duart Maclean, Guy Burgess, John Vassall, double agent Aleksandr Kopatzky and many others. It was only with his defection that Philby was confirmed as a Soviet mole. But his vast knowledge included not only names but the overall strategy of deception that the communists planned decades ahead. In New Lies For Old he successfully predicted the collapse of the communist bloc years before it actually happened and warned about a long-term deception strategy designed to lull the West into a false sense of security and finally economically cripple and diplomatically isolate the United States. As he writes, the ‘liberalization’ in the Soviet Union would be spectacular and impressive. Formal pronouncements might be made about a reduction in the communist party’s role and its monopoly would be apparently curtailed. If liberalization should be extended to East Germany, demolition of the Berlin Wall might even be contemplated (and it did fell). The European Parliament might become an all-European socialist parliament with representation from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. ‘Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals’ would turn out to be a neutral and socialist Europe. Was KGB defector Anatoliy Golitsyn right?

]]> By: Shrinking freedoms? « A Little Lower Than the Angels http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/ideas-and-consequences/a-tribute-to-the-polish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-18156 Shrinking freedoms? « A Little Lower Than the Angels Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:49:19 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=12038#comment-18156 [...] things can be depressing.  But hope springs.  I recently read and encouraging piece about the  heroic people of Poland in the Freeman. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Censorship in the digital ageFreedom of [...] [...] things can be depressing.  But hope springs.  I recently read and encouraging piece about the  heroic people of Poland in the Freeman. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Censorship in the digital ageFreedom of [...]

]]> By: Refuse to Cooperate and Tyranny Dies « Just Passing Through http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/ideas-and-consequences/a-tribute-to-the-polish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-18026 Refuse to Cooperate and Tyranny Dies « Just Passing Through Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:49:09 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=12038#comment-18026 [...] it really helps to see concrete examples. My friend Robin points out just such an example in the Polish Solidarity revolt, which got the momentum rolling for the collapse of the Soviet Empire. The method was so simple, [...] [...] it really helps to see concrete examples. My friend Robin points out just such an example in the Polish Solidarity revolt, which got the momentum rolling for the collapse of the Soviet Empire. The method was so simple, [...]

]]> By: quiltingsando http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/ideas-and-consequences/a-tribute-to-the-polish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-18004 quiltingsando Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:06:31 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=12038#comment-18004 What a great article. I especially like "Socialism is Stupidism" excellent. What a great article. I especially like “Socialism is Stupidism” excellent.

]]> By: Rod Smith http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/ideas-and-consequences/a-tribute-to-the-polish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-17998 Rod Smith Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:46:55 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=12038#comment-17998 Brilliant article! I too spend some time in the East Bloc, albeit in the DDR before it fell. I never saw what you saw, but I knew it was happening. Absolutely outstanding adventure you had… thank you for sharing it with the world. What a beacon of hope! Brilliant article! I too spend some time in the East Bloc, albeit in the DDR before it fell. I never saw what you saw, but I knew it was happening.

Absolutely outstanding adventure you had… thank you for sharing it with the world. What a beacon of hope!

]]> By: A Tribute to the Polish People | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty — inertia http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/ideas-and-consequences/a-tribute-to-the-polish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-17962 A Tribute to the Polish People | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty — inertia Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:09:08 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=12038#comment-17962 [...] A Tribute to the Polish People | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty Posted by Anthony Martin on 30 September 2009 – 1:54 pm       Filed under Diary This movement should create a situation in which authorities will control empty stores, but not the market; the employment of workers, but not their livelihood; the official media, but not the circulation of information; printing plants, but not the publishing movement; the mail and telephones, but not communications; and the school system, but not education.via thefreemanonline.org [...] [...] A Tribute to the Polish People | The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty Posted by Anthony Martin on 30 September 2009 – 1:54 pm       Filed under Diary This movement should create a situation in which authorities will control empty stores, but not the market; the employment of workers, but not their livelihood; the official media, but not the circulation of information; printing plants, but not the publishing movement; the mail and telephones, but not communications; and the school system, but not education.via thefreemanonline.org [...]

]]> By: BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » How Counter-Economics Took Down The Polish Communist State http://www.thefreemanonline.org/columns/ideas-and-consequences/a-tribute-to-the-polish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-17926 BradSpangler.com » Blog Archive » How Counter-Economics Took Down The Polish Communist State Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:09:43 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/?p=12038#comment-17926 [...] has published an article that agorists ought to find particularly relevant and inspiring — A Tribute to the Polish People. It’s basically the story of how counter-economics was the downfall of the Polish communist [...] [...] has published an article that agorists ought to find particularly relevant and inspiring — A Tribute to the Polish People. It’s basically the story of how counter-economics was the downfall of the Polish communist [...]

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