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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A new international municipalist movement is on the rise – from small victories to global alternatives
In a world stuck between neoliberal crisis and authoritarianism, a reinvigorated municipalist movement is proving a...
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Published in: HomeMigration crisis in 2017 – challenges for EU solidarity
Changes in the political scene may lead to the reformation of migration policy in EU countries, and that in turn may...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Brexit: yes, you will suffer as well
Bankrupt regions, impoverished hospitals, overcrowded prisons: Brexit will affect everybody in Europe. And yet...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Will Polish students step up and seize their opportunity?
Polish students have remained aloof from politics over the past years. The current political situation might bring...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why are Polish people so wrong about Muslims in their country?
Although Muslims in Poland constitute less than 0.1% of the total population, a recent survey found that Poles...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Gdansk: a city open to migration and diversity?
What made this Polish city decide to transform itself into a place of welcome for migrants? (Video, 2 mins)
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Democracy will not pacify Trump. He is democracy.
Polish sociologist Slawomir Sierakowski discusses the "Trumpification" of Europe and what the US election means for...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?"We don’t have a refugee crisis. We have a housing crisis."
With national and European governments in gridlock, the cities themselves have decided to bypass the state level...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Free Ameer Alkhawlany!
An Iraqi PhD student continues to be held in detention in Poland, facing deportation as a threat to national security.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Czarny Protest: how Polish women took to the streets
After two decades of feminist pressure, the people took to the streets. But why now?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Illiberalism and authoritarianism can be successfully challenged in Poland
This past week Poland's PiS government suffered its first blow since coming to power nearly a year ago. It was an...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why Poland's 'Black Protest' could be a potential game changer
With its move to change the abortion legislation, the Polish government has opened Pandora's box, the consequences...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Central and eastern Europe as playground of a conservative avant-garde
Central and eastern European hard right parties have more rapid success than their western counterparts, due to...
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Published in: HomeSelf-organised struggles of migrant care workers
How do migrant workers successfully enact labour and social rights? ‘Respekt’, a local network established by Polish...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?"We need to bring back the sublime in politics." An interview with Jan Sowa
Sociologist Jan Sowa discusses the anti-government protests, the forgotten legacy of Solidarity and the decline and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Two halves: Poland copes with freedom
On the 35th anniversary of Poland’s modernising transformation, the question arises, how was the emancipatory...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Interview with Adrian Zandberg, Partia Razem
If you don't have a Left that is able to question unjust social relations and give viable perspectives on changing...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Stealing the spectacle
A new Polish xenophobia cannot be explained only by political economy, but also needs to be understood in terms of...
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Published in: HomePoland welcomes internet filtering
Any limits set for free expression online must be traced in pencil, not in ink, and not, and this is particularly...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The rise of 'youth nationalism' in Poland
What is causing the youth of Poland to mobilise so strongly in the name of nationalism and xenophobia?