The Farmers Protests in Poland and Dilemmas for the Left
Farmers’ protests have swept Poland in recent weeks, following a wave of similar actions across the European Union. Polish farmers...
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Polish infrastructure projects: Victims of polarization
When money has to be sought to implement programs from a menu of election promises, and when one is faced...
What will be the fate of agriculture in Europe?
Tractors have been blocking highways, breeders are dumping slurry in front of supermarkets, tires are burning in front of town...
Femicide as a new criminal offence in Croatia: Is more law the answer?
Jana Kujundžić, LeftEast, 22 November 2023 The Croatian government announced in September 2023 new amendments to the Penal Code in which a...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART THIRTEEN: Past Covered in Coal, Future Uncertain
Not only the residents of Bogatynia itself feel uncertain about what will happen to them. Less than five kilometers further...
Poland: the liberal-conservative circus attacks
After eight years of conservative-nationalist power of the Law and Justice, Donald Tusk took over as head of the Polish...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART TWELVE: Uncertainty
Bogatynia's mayor Wojciech Dobrołowicz canceled a meeting arranged with us at the last minute. We would not have the opportunity...
Revolution in Polish Public Media: New Government Takes Control [AUDIO]
A cross-border talk on Polish renewed polarization with focus on the media and the intervention of the newly-formed Tusk government...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART ELEVEN: There will be nothing without the mine
- People did not believe in any change here, in this closed part of the world. The disbelief persisted, even...
Donald Tusk comes back as prime minister of Poland. What to expect? [AUDIO]
Polish Law and Justice (PiS) government has just fallen after eight years of rule, and Donald Tusk comes back to...
