https://znetwork.org/category/place/europe/poland/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:32:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/category/place/europe/poland/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fuller-version-of-trump-security-strategy-reportedly-calls-for-pulling-poland-away-from-eu/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fuller-version-of-trump-security-strategy-reportedly-calls-for-pulling-poland-away-from-eu/#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:50:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1292252 A longer, unpublished version of the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy identifies Poland as one of four countries the US should try to “pull away” from the European Union, according to leaked excerpts reported by the Defense One news website. It also calls for Washington to support parties and movements that “seek sovereignty and preservation/restoration [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/fuller-version-of-trump-security-strategy-reportedly-calls-for-pulling-poland-away-from-eu/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-far-rights-tipping-point/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-far-rights-tipping-point/#respond Sun, 08 Jun 2025 12:49:23 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1284721 Beginning in the late 1980s, Eastern Europe shifted from being a political backwater to a political bellwether. By shrugging off the Soviet yoke and exiting communism, the region pointed toward the future collapse of the Soviet Union and the cresting of a third wave of democratization. The fast-track liberalizations of Eastern Europe in the 1990s [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-far-rights-tipping-point/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/polands-razem-party-is-stealing-the-far-rights-youth-base/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/polands-razem-party-is-stealing-the-far-rights-youth-base/#respond Fri, 16 May 2025 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283820 Polls over the last year or so have consistently confirmed that Polish youth, especially males, have strongly right-wing sympathies, differentiating them from their Western counterparts. Already in 2023, the far right Konfederacija (Confederation) party received three times more votes in the 18-29 age bracket than among voters overall, and in the current presidential elections, their [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/polands-razem-party-is-stealing-the-far-rights-youth-base/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-wasnt-always-celebrated/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-wasnt-always-celebrated/#respond Sun, 20 Apr 2025 12:26:37 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1282730 During the months of April and May 1943, a celebratory atmosphere took hold outside the Warsaw Ghetto’s walls. Children whirled around carousels, giddy crowds converged to holler at the explosive spectacle, and friends watched the pyrotechnics show from front-row rooftops. One onlooker described the streets of Warsaw as a “never-ending parade.” Within the Ghetto walls, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-warsaw-ghetto-uprising-wasnt-always-celebrated/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/irony-is-dead-netanyahu-cannot-attend-auschwitz-ceremony-for-fear-of-arrest-on-icc-warrant-for-war-crimes/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/irony-is-dead-netanyahu-cannot-attend-auschwitz-ceremony-for-fear-of-arrest-on-icc-warrant-for-war-crimes/#respond Sun, 22 Dec 2024 15:39:49 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1277426 The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not be able to travel to Poland for the 80th annual commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp because he fears being arrested on a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court at the Hague. Arab 48 reports that the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/irony-is-dead-netanyahu-cannot-attend-auschwitz-ceremony-for-fear-of-arrest-on-icc-warrant-for-war-crimes/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/polish-elections-hopes-and-threats/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/polish-elections-hopes-and-threats/#respond Wed, 29 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1258284 On October 15th, in Poland, elections took place. Many people believe that they have been the most important since 1989, when the Polish nation could, for the very first time after World War II, choose its representatives after more than 50 years of the communist regime. The fact that both sides of the political struggle—government [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/polish-elections-hopes-and-threats/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/poland-women-youth-mobilise-in-election-to-defeat-reaction/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/poland-women-youth-mobilise-in-election-to-defeat-reaction/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:11:27 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1256642 Poland’s October 15 parliamentary elections have ended the eight-year rule of the incumbent Law and Justice (PiS) party and the United Right (ZP) political alliance centred on it. The election had the highest turnout in the history of the Third Republic of Poland, at 73.38%. This result was due to the mobilisation of young people and women, especially in [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/poland-women-youth-mobilise-in-election-to-defeat-reaction/feed/ 0