Gavin Rae is a sociologist from Warsaw. He has written extensively on Poland and Central and Eastern Europe, including two books: Poland’s Return to Capitalism and Public Capital: The Commodification of Poland’s Welfare State. He is co-founder of the left-wing think tank Naprzód, which is the Polish member organisation of the Transform! Network of European left-wing think-tanks.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland's left must offer a real alternative to break the right-wing deadlockThe decimated left faces a considerable challenge in distinguishing itself from the liberal opposition.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland must rediscover its anti-fascist voiceIt is imperative that Poland finds an independent voice that includes a condemnation of the far-right both at home and in Ukraine.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The false promise of a new left in PolandAs the old, post-communist left struggles with its own failures, the nascent new left already appears to be compromising with a liberal centre - a simple repeat of the old left's mistakes. For the left in Poland to survive, something has to give.