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Krzysztof Katkowski – In Poland, Austerity Targets Ukrainian Refugees

September 1, 2025 Ben Wray 0

‘Polish president Karol Nawrocki is shutting off welfare benefits for Ukrainians in Poland. Earlier welcomed as refugees, Ukrainians are now pushed into a role as second-class guestworkers in their host country.’ In Jacobin. Read the […]

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Gavin Rae – Weak Myths

June 9, 2025 Ben Wray 0

Sharp analysis of Poland’s election result last week. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

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Politico – Nationalist Nawrocki wins Polish presidential election

June 4, 2025 Ben Wray 0

The Presidency doesn’t have much decision-making power in Poland, but it’s a position that can derail any attempts by the Donald Tusk-led government to pursue reforms. Read the article HERE.

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Gavin Rae – Contra Populism?

November 27, 2024 Ben Wray 0

‘Poland thus continues to drift to the right, no longer as a perceived rebel within the EU, but as a proponent of its political consensus, which is increasingly difficult to distinguish from the ‘populism’ to […]

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Alfredo Bosco, Simone Fant – The Difficult Transformation of Poland’s Coal Region

September 4, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Coal is practically a religion in Upper Silesia, but an energy transition is likely to come sooner than most miners would like. Alfredo Bosco (Ronin) is a documentary photographer focusing on social issues and geopolitical […]

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Katie Toth – Abortion in Poland: What Will Tusk’s New Day for Women Bring? 

February 19, 2024 Ben Wray 0

Feminists in Poland are suspicious about new prime minister Donald Tusk’s promises to improve abortion rights, given his own record on women’s rights and a long history of using the issue of abortion as a […]

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Euronews: Poland’s parliament elects centrist party leader Donald Tusk as prime minister

December 11, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Donald Tusk has achieved his ambition. Let’s see what he does with it, if anything. Read the full article HERE.

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Gavin Rae: The Polish Continuum

October 23, 2023 Ben Wray 0

Former President of the European Council Donald Tusk looks set to become Poland’s Prime Minister after the election, but he may not have the last laugh. In New Left Review’s ‘Sidecar’. Read the article HERE.

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Notes from Poland – Exit poll: ruling party win Poland’s election but opposition government more likely

October 16, 2023 Ben Wray 0

In most elections at the moment, the governing parties are losing. Poland appears to have continued that trend, as although the right-wing Law and Justice party has won the election, it doesn’t look like it […]

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Michał Gzowski – “Poland’s forests make a tasty morsel for the Eurocrats”

October 11, 2023 Ben Wray 0

The EU is looking to increase its power over forestry, a potential concern for Poland, where one-third of the country is covered by trees. Published by ‘Sovereignty.pl’. Read the article HERE.

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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler

August 10, 2025 0

Book review by  Branko Milanović As I walked yesterday past the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I saw, among many stands that sell all kinds of trinkets, a table filled with books. One attracted my […]

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The Spectre of State Capitalism by Ilias Alami and Adam D Dixon

July 2, 2025 0

Reviewed by J. D. Evans Alami and Dixon’s The Spectre of State Capitalism is a careful discussion of a topic often dealt with in platitudes and sound-bites. The authors cover uses of ‘state capitalism’ as […]

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