One of the strongest pillars of the Polish government’s propaganda machine, the weekly magazine Gazeta Polska, got carried away and seems to have demonstrated the true identity and aspirations of the Catholic fundamentalist right currently in power. The outlet announced on social media that they will soon be giving out
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The anti-communist paranoia in Lithuania deepens. A new ‘hero’ from WWII has been put on a pedestal. In the town of Vilkija on the Nemunas river a special plaque was mounted to commemorate Zenonas Ignatavičius – the chaplain of the 12th Lithuanian Auxiliary Police Battalion which fought on the side
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The official celebration of the 74th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp by the Red Army was an utter disgrace. Not only were extreme right-wingers and open anti-Semites allowed to stage a rally and shout slogans like “It’s time to stand against Jewry and free Poland,” but
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A few days after scandalous police intervention during academic conference on Karl Marx and his legacy, Polish Minister of Interior offered an apology to the university. Polish left-wing activists met this with joy, but they soon got more reasons to be worried instead. Małgorzata Kulbaczewska-FigatPolish journalist, expert in the field
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A leading Polish neo-fascist, idol of the Polish radical youth and ex-priest announced he has just started writing a book with the title ‘Moja Walka’ which translates to ‘My Struggle’. Sounds familiar?Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and translator. In the late `90 active in the Polish left
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