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Before the introduction of martial law [51] I already knew that something had to happen, because things were looking very bad in Poland. In every respect. I was never a supporter of Solidarity [52] and I still am not. From the outset I knew what it was, that it was saturated with clergymen. And I didn't like the unrest that it provoked either. Beforehand everyone had lived peacefully, and they suddenly upset everything. My family isn't in favor of Solidarity either. But the neighbor upstairs was. He's dead now. But our officer neighbor on the 4th floor is against everything. What's going on now is bad to him.
But my political convictions are none now. Well, what political convictions have I got now? I'm simply in favor of it being better. I'm a left-winger at this moment. That's simply the spirit I was educated in the army. Before the army I don't really know what I was, but I don't think I was either right or left-wing. I only know that that pre-war poverty led to a hopeless situation. And so that's why, because of that poverty that I experienced, I'm left-wing. I haven't got any real right-wingers or left-wingers in the family.
But my political convictions are none now. Well, what political convictions have I got now? I'm simply in favor of it being better. I'm a left-winger at this moment. That's simply the spirit I was educated in the army. Before the army I don't really know what I was, but I don't think I was either right or left-wing. I only know that that pre-war poverty led to a hopeless situation. And so that's why, because of that poverty that I experienced, I'm left-wing. I haven't got any real right-wingers or left-wingers in the family.
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Leon Glazer