An EU Commissioner is insulted by the Polish deputy justice minister

22 November 2021 Boyan Stanislavski

An EU Commissioner is insulted by the Polish deputy justice minister

Just another typical day in Polish politics.Boyan StanislavskiBulgarian and Polish activist, journalist, editor, publisher and translator. In the late `90 active in the Polish left and later in the labor movement, particularly the biggest Polish labor confederation — The All-Poland Trade Union Alliance. Until 2012 editor-in-chief of its weekly magazine.

11 August 2020 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Ignorance and persecution harm Eastern Europe’s vulnerable people over issues of sexuality and gender rights

Poland is now an authoritarian state, says Boyan Stanislavski after the violent crackdown on the LGBT community in the countryMaria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania and the region. The work title

3 July 2020 Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski

Political tribalism and the lack of alternatives in the Polish presidential elections

Maria Cernat’s interview with Boyan Stanislavski on the first round of votingMaria Cernat – Boyan StanislasvskiBoyan Stanislavski (Poland) and Maria Cernat (Romania) make a regular video podcast, in which they discuss various developments in Poland, Romania and the region. The work title of their podcast is On the Barricades.

24 October 2019 Maria Cernat

Which are the good and the bad news from the parliamentary elections in Poland?

A dialogue with Boyan Stanislavski about the Polish elections, about a law that forbids any discussions about sexuality with underaged persons and about Razem, the newly formed left-wing party that got some seats in the ParliamentMaria CernatMaria Cernat is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences (FJSC)

18 July 2019 Boyan Stanislavski

Nur für Heterosexuelle? Major Polish pro-government media outlet launches a shocking Nazi-esque campaign

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

28 April 2019 Boyan Stanislavski

Op-ed: The banana outrage in Poland

There is no limit to the perverted prudery and hypocrisy of the current Polish government. One of my favorite ministers, the one in charge of culture, Piotr Gliński, has however elevated it all to a new, even more embarrassing level. This man, with the look and mentality of an officious,

15 June 2018 Paweł Jaworski

Poland’s social policy: pro-family not pro-equality

Paweł Jaworski interviews Ryszard Szarfenberg, professor at the University of Warsaw’s Social Policy Institute. For nearly 30 years Polish society has been subject to progressive marketization and commodification. Nevertheless Poles remain egalitarian. Accusations that the government is “attacking democracy” have only strengthened the position of PiS (“Law and Justice”), the