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Poles march to remember martial law in 1981

By Vanessa Gera
Published December 13, 2012 8:02pm ET
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Poles march to remember martial law in 1981
Opponents of Poland's last communist leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski attend an annual rally in front of his house in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 to mark the anniversary of the martial law he imposed on Poland 31 years ago, a repressive crackdown against Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement in an attempt to crush the proponents of democracy. Several hours earlier Jaruzelski, 89, was hospitalized with a heavy nosebleed. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) | Alik Keplicz

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles marched Thursday in subfreezing temperatures to commemorate the 31st anniversary of a communist crackdown and to express grievances with the current democratic system.

The protest in downtown Warsaw was organized by the country’s main opposition party, Law and Justice, a nationalistic and conservative group led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

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