Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Minister Waszczykowski and his collegues from the Polish government call for Polish expats to come back to their homeland. They paint picture of Poland under PiS rule as the land of milk and honey. So […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Poland recently do not have a good press. Even in Western media it comes across as a very chauvinist country. No wonder, as the Polish right is so against everything they don’t deem Polish and […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far One of the readers, Miroslav Rudišin, has written to me regarding my recent reportage from Poland (here). He wanted to clarify, that the bikini made for the Nymph in Jelenia Góra’s spa district of Cieplice, […]
Postcard from Poland
Click here to read last piece from “Meanwhile in Cuckooland” series Click here to see all the chapters of “Meanwhile in Cuckooland” Dear readers! As you might noticed, I am lagging behind with news from Absurdistan. This is because I went to investigate things on the ground… Ok, I won’t lie to you. To be […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far To everyone’s surprise, president Andrzej Duda in his TV speech slagged PiS attempts to take over the judicial system. Point by point he explained, why can’t he sign those bills, that drew thousands of Poles […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far So what is all that mess with courts in Poland about? It all has begun when Kaczyński said: “A postulate, that I personally supported, to create National Council of Jurisdiction was an important step on […]
Summer Friday at the market square.
If there is really something like “social media revolution”, it is what I am observing right now on my Facebook. As I live in Scotland, I cannot actively participate in events in Poland, and I have to look at my country from distance. And from this perspective one thing is sure: if PiS succeeded at anything, […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far “On 17th September 1939, as Soviets entered Poland, the occupants begun to create oppressive judicial system.” – begun his dramatic speech Michał Rachoń, former PiS spokesperson and now one of the leading PiS propagandist in […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Last week in Poland was dominated by two major international events: 41st Session of the World Heritage Committee held by UNESCO in Kraków and a visit of president Trump in Poland. “Let it tree” The […]
How propaganda works
Frankly speaking, I face a dilemma here: should I tackle this rubbish on, generating more visits to the right wing propaganda sites, or should I ignore it? I’ve decided, that from time to time I will do some little debunking of the right wing rubbish. Of course I am not that naive to think, that […]