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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland’s political predicamentPiS is a radical right party professing a nationalist-conservative ideology, but implementing social-economic...
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Published in: 50.50This new political party in Poland wants to 're-Christianise' EuropeFather Rydzyk controls a media empire accused of amplifying homophobic and sexist views. Now, he’s seen as the...
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Published in: HomeSmall-town feminist activism in PolandOn Monday, October 3, 2016 the landscape of social movements in Poland changed. What surprised many observers and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Marching with Dabrowski – what the centenary of Polish Independence can tell us about the radical right?“I could not think of a better way to grasp what is behind the nationalist frenzy than to take part in their public...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?"Tickers of terror" – the crisis of Polish media as told by news crawlsAs Poland prepares for another divisive and violent independence day holiday on 11 November (celebrating "100 years...
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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: openDemocracyUKWhy our media is wrong to say proportional representation helps the extreme rightThe UK media likes to blame far right gains elsewhere – as in Sweden’s recent election – on PR. In fact the evidence...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The European Court of Justice as a bastion of democracy and rule of lawThe crucial role of the ECJ appears even more important in present times, when things taken forgranted, such as...
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Published in: 50.50This ultra-conservative institute has infiltrated the Polish state, on a relentless quest to ban abortionOrdo luris is an extreme anti-choice group whose founders were ‘inspired’ by a controversial Catholic fundamentalist...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The unsettling denialism in Poland’s ‘National Remembrance’ LawThere is a growing climate of suspicion and hostility towards those viewed as outsiders to the predominantly white...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The illiberal tandem vs EuropeIt’s not only the language and resetting of the agenda that the ruling parties of Hungary and Poland have in common....
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Published in: HomePopulism, Trump, and the future of democracyThe most popular political philosopher of his generation makes an invaluable contribution to openDemocracy's debate...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Unsympathetic people: the overwhelming success of Poland's exclusionary agendaThree elements seem to have played a decisive role in this: voluntary servitude, the Polish brand of inferiority...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?In the bad guys’ lair - AKS Zły and their alternative footballPlayers, managers and supporters of AKS Zły in Poland take their sport seriously and know that winning is the best...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland’s ‘holocaust law’ redefines hate speechThis new law exploits the spirit of such legislation in order to bolster the ruling majority’s authority and to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The guilt, dignity and pedagogy of shamelessnessFor centuries, Europe’s Christians have shut Jews behind ghetto walls. Now, Polish Christians intend to shut the...
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Published in: HomeLet’s not ‘politicise’: let’s skill"We are very aware, when it comes to the whole Greek experience, that one of the problems the political left faces...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland on fire: voices from the provincesThere is a growing atmosphere of hatred in which anyone who opposes the current government is labeled the ‘worst...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Aristides de Sousa Mendes: a light in the darkAristides de Sousa Mendes chose his conscience over his orders. His altruism should be an example for all those...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Solidarity according to Polish women in 2017Women are playing a key role in the ongoing Polish protests - and this time they won't be silenced.
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