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History & Politics

The 2018 World Press Freedom Index map released by Reporters Without Borders (click for interactive version)
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Poland ties all-time low ranking in Press Freedom Index

April 25, 2018 Steven Hoffman 20 Comments

Poland continues its decline in the World Press Freedom Index, coming in at #58 out of 180 countries in the new 2018 listing by Reporters Without Borders.

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A North Korean welder at work in a Gdańsk shipyard in 2006 (phot. Voice of America)
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What are North Koreans doing in Małopolska?

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 Krakow Post 2 Comments

Hundreds of North Korean laborers are legally employed in Poland, many locally – but critics fear they are being exploited to fund Kim Jong-un’s repressive dictatorship.

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Cars line up outside John Paul II International Airport Krakow–Balice
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The Polish Way to Uber: Conflict and Opportunity in the Sharing Economy

July 30, 2017August 1, 2017 Giuseppe Sedia 0 Comments

Despite the hype over its popular transport app, “sharing economy” giant Uber has been plagued by controversy – and Poland is no exception

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International Women’s Day 2017: “Girls just wanna have fun(damental human rights)”

March 8, 2017March 3, 2018 Steven Hoffman 2 Comments

International Women’s Day is more than a one-way Valentine’s Day. It was founded in the spirit of political activism, a tradition that continues to today.

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Smog, logging make Cracovian protesters 😠 [Photos]

March 1, 2017March 13, 2017 Krakow Post 1 Comment

About 300 people gathered on Krakow’s main square last weekend for the “Czysty [Clean] Protest” against the city’s severely unhealthy levels of smog.

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Joseph Sarna, the author’s grandfather (far left) and his brothers, after liberation from Nazi concentration camps
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Poland’s true story: Coming to terms with a complex past

December 19, 2016December 19, 2016 David Sarna Galdi 18 Comments

Criminalizing Holocaust-related speech presents an offensive, distorted narrative about Poland’s wartime history

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BREXIT: A Briton reads a flier supporting continued EU membership
Bull on the Page History & Politics 

Bull on the Page: To Brexit or not to Brexit?

June 16, 2016 Mike Doherty 8 Comments

Bull on the Page weighs the pros and cons of the UK leaving the EU ahead of its June 23 referendum – and why it leaves immigrants here and there in the dark

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Cracovians to protest proposed abortion law with clothes hangers

April 2, 2016April 3, 2016 Steven Hoffman 4 Comments

A proposed total abortion ban has drawn ire from Polish women’s groups and others, who plan to protest it on Sunday at 14:00 on Krakow’s Main Square.

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Columns Notes from Poland 

Fighting the phrase “Polish death camps” with education, not censorship

February 28, 2016February 28, 2016 Daniel Tilles, Notes from Poland 98 Comments

Poland wants to stamp out the misleading and offensive phrase ‘Polish death camps’ – but the proposal to outlaw it threatens academic freedom.

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PHOTOS: Cracovians protest against internet surveillance

January 24, 2016March 16, 2016 Krakow Post 19 Comments

“Jarek, log out!” See thousands of Cracovians gathered on Krakow’s Main Square against Poland’s internet surveillance laws, some of Europe’s most invasive.

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