What made this Polish city decide to transform itself into a place of welcome for migrants? (Video, 2 mins)
Polish sociologist Slawomir Sierakowski discusses the "Trumpification" of Europe and what the US election means for Russia, the Baltic States and Poland.
With national and European governments in gridlock, the cities themselves have decided to bypass the state level altogether and forge ahead with some very innovative solutions to the crises facing Europe today.
An Iraqi PhD student continues to be held in detention in Poland, facing deportation as a threat to national security.
After two decades of feminist pressure, the people took to the streets. But why now?
This past week Poland's PiS government suffered its first blow since coming to power nearly a year ago. It was an optimistic note in a region where illiberalism authoritarian governments are on the rise.
With its move to change the abortion legislation, the Polish government has opened Pandora's box, the consequences of which it cannot possibly control.
Central and eastern European hard right parties have more rapid success than their western counterparts, due to these countries’ subjection to the worst effects of neoliberalism and financialisation.
How do migrant workers successfully enact labour and social rights? ‘Respekt’, a local network established by Polish live-in care workers in Basel, Switzerland, challenges widespread assumptions held by unions.
Sociologist Jan Sowa discusses the anti-government protests, the forgotten legacy of Solidarity and the decline and fall of politics in Poland.
On the 35th anniversary of Poland’s modernising transformation, the question arises, how was the emancipatory potential of the ‘Solidarity’ movement squandered?
If you don't have a Left that is able to question unjust social relations and give viable perspectives on changing the world for the better, then politics dies. Lithuanian (part1, part 2)
