“We will not cease to exist just because they hate us”
Peoples Dispatch talks to Magdalena Pająk, Polish LGBTQ+ rights activist who works with the Equality Parade, Poland, about the future of LGBTQ+ rights in the country at a time of a major right-wing pushback.
LGBTQ community fights prejudice on the streets of Poland
Defying the homophobic threats from the far-right, pride marches continue in Poland
Demanding wage hike, school teachers embark on strike in Poland
The Polish Teachers’ Union said that educators in 15,179 of the 20,403 (74.29%) schools and kindergartens in the country are participating in the strike. Students also staged a solidarity demonstration
COP24: achieving nothing, cementing a trend
The Rulebook at the conference was indeed successfully finalized, but only after diluting several provisions and kicking many important issues down the road.
Protests organized across the world against persecution of Polish communists
The Polish Community Party has been accused of propagating “totalitarian ideas” and its leaders are likely to face trial on December 7. The party has long been a target of the Polish establishment
Polish communists protest demolition of WW2 memorial
The Polish Communist Party said the recent dismantling of the monument dedicated to Red Army soldiers was similar to the acts of the Taliban and Islamic State against historical structures
Protests break out in Poland against bid to suppress judiciary
Among the latest laws is a a provision that cuts short the term of nearly a third of the judges of the Supreme Court by reducing the retirement age
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- Paraguayan professors demand just salaries
- Left and progressive parties make significant gains in Norwegian local body elections
