Sign of Solidarity

The Solidarity trade union will present Polish athletes going to Beijing with Solidarity armbands, as a gesture of solidarity with Tibet and abused Chinese workers. However, the athletes and sports officials say they're unlikely to wear them. A couple of weeks ago the Tygodnik Powszechny weekly asked Solidarity to grant permission for its globally recognisable logo to be placed on the Polish athletes' costumes.

The petition was discussed by the union's National Council. 'We should have stepped forward with the idea ourselves", said Wojciech Buczak, head of Solidarity in the Rzeszów area. "My proposition is that we print a couple of thousand of the kind of Solidarity armbands that we used during the strikes in the 1980s. We would present not only the Polish Olympic committee with them, but also other committees, from all over the world. Let the athletes wear them during the opening ceremony and the medal-awarding ceremonies. This would be a clear and beautiful gesture of solidarity with the abused Chinese workers and the persecuted Tibetans".

Film about Polish Mob Hitman

The Film "You Kill Me" will be released in a theater near you just in time for the time honored Polish tradition of Sobotka I think it is a coincidence - Hollywood marketing departments aren't all that smart. [About Sobotka]

Pre-screening by Variety says the film keeps the viewer agreeably off-kilter, John Dahl's latest walk on the wild side gets serious comedic mileage from playing noirish (Czarni) absurdities deadpan-straight. This film should appeal to those who like their humor (and love stories) quietly outrageous.

Ben Kingsley plays Frank Falenczyk, a hitman for his extended Polish family in Buffalo, N.Y., where they control the all-important snowplow franchise. He is also a full-time alcoholic, which increasingly wreaks havoc on his work. After botching a job Uncle Roman sends him to San Francisco to sober up -- or else. He attends AA meetings, gets a gay sponsor and lands a job in a mortuary, where he meets a woman who is a relative of one his hits.

Internet movie trailer not available yet.