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Published in: 50.50: FeatureHow Brexit axed abortion access for Europe’s most marginalised
Post-Brexit immigration rules mean the UK has abandoned European citizens in dire need of basic healthcare
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Published in: oDR: FeatureLife at the centre of the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Poland
Volunteers are the backbone of relief efforts for Ukrainians, but they are let down by a government that – until two...
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Published in: Home: NewsMPs must reject cruel and unscientific age tests for asylum seekers
Young Ukrainians are slowly making their way to the UK. Will we penalise them on the basis of dodgy assessments, or...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionWhat it’s like to live in a country with a near total ban on abortion
As the US teeters on the brink of outlawing abortion, an expert from Poland explains the practical and emotional...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: OpinionThe deadly political game being played at the EU’s eastern border
Amid accusations of “hybrid war”, Poland and the EU have forgotten that the migrants caught up in its stand-off with...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: AnalysisIn Poland, public funding is given to those threatening liberal democracy
Right-wing, conservative and nationalist magazines were the primary beneficiaries of funds recently allocated by the...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: AnalysisWhat happens when governments deny racism exists?
A recent government report concluded that the UK does not have a problem with racism. But history shows us the...
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: OpinionFrom street to state: How radical nationalists gained power in Poland
The appointment of a former far-Right activist to a key state body shows how deep the radical Right runs in Polish...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaUnholy alliance: the global crusade against reproductive justice
As the far Right unites, it is time that we also stand together and strengthen our ties
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionA shrinking space: media capture in Orbán’s Hungary
The demise of a once thriving independent broadcaster is yet another signpost in Hungary's deteriorating democracy...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: Opinion“They’re uncompromising”: How the young transformed Poland’s abortion protests
Four years ago, Polish women went on strike over an abortion ban. Now, a younger, fiery generation has joined them.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightAre Poland’s football ultras really supporting the Women’s Strike?
Did Poland’s notorious far-right football fans find solidarity with a popular protest stemming from the liberal...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Lysistrata: what do Polish women want?
The essence of their rebellion finds one of its best expressions in the juicy and powerful Polish expletive...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightHoly war in the city of knives: anti-semitism and football on the streets of Krakow
In Krakow, what seems like blatant anti-Semitism is often normalised as nothing more than football-related banter.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland’s civil society awakening – when stones turn political
While liberal forces in Poland lost the fight for electoral democracy in July, the battle within Polish civil...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Free European cities in democratic alliance
Meet Zdeněk Hřib, the mayor who challenged Russia, China, and the V4. Interview.
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Published in: Global ExtremesPoland is moving further towards autocracy
In Poland, the right-wing ruling party uses polarisation to pursue its conservative autocratic agenda.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Chronicles of culturological quackery
The concept of culture as a 'driver of societies' that has become the lucky charm of nationalists, has its origins...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland: trouble ahead
Of course, it would have been worse for the Law and Justice party if Trzaskwski had won. But PiS is still worried.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Poland: Duda heads for the second round
A president in the shape of Rafal Trzaskowski, hostile to PiS’s nationalist and populist goals, would not look...