Poland鈥檚 October 15 parliamentary elections have ended the eight-year rule of the incumbent right-wing political alliance, reports Szymon Martys.
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Polish left-wing party Razem (Together) International Office member Zofia Malisz聽discusses the party鈥檚 history, Polish politics and Razem鈥檚 views on Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine.
A new government database tracking pregnancies in Poland has sparked fears that medical data will be used to prosecute women who obtain abortion care. Julia Conley reports.
Pressured by Western imperialism on one hand and harassed by neighbouring Russian imperialism on the other,聽Bruno Magalh茫es examines Poland's history of reaction and revolt.
Demonstrations in Poland to defend abortion rights have聽become a catalyst for people鈥檚 anger at the ultraconservative government. Dagmara Zawistowska-Toczek聽speaks about this new movement.
Mira Hamermesh was only 15 when she defied her Jewish parents in Nazi-Occupied Poland and fled for her life. That she survived is a wonder, and her dramatic account is engrossing and terrifying, writes Barry Healy.
This is an eyewitness account of the UN Climate Conference COP24, held in Katowice, Poland, in December last year from the perspective of one of the 30,000 participants. All attempts will be taken to avoid acronyms of climate terms, or at least explain them, and I will outline the 鈥榠nsider information鈥 that I got from my first COP.
The Polish city of Lublin held its first Pride聽聽on October 13 amid threats and obstructions, .
Women were聽for their rights across the United States and聽聽on March 8 in honor of International Women's Day.
Poland鈥檚 ruling far-right Law and Justice party has reversed its support for a draconian abortion ban after women across the country went on strike to protest the proposed law.
Jaros艂aw Gowin, the minister of science and higher education, said that large protests and strikes on October 3 had 鈥渃aused us to think and taught us humility,鈥 The Guardian reported.
Thousands of people took to the streets on October 3聽against plans for a total ban on abortion in Warsaw, Poland.
Britain: Austerity killing the poor
Cuts to social spending could be killing large numbers of vulnerable people in Britain, Public Health England said on February 16, as new figures show last year featured the largest rise in the national death rate for decades.
that the new preliminary figures from the Office for National Statistics show mortality rates last year rose by 5.4% compared with 2014.
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