Finally, Poland is getting some recognition. And not just Poland, but the Polish independent journalism! Mocked in his own country, ignored by mainstream media, Marcin Rola (whom Britske Listy readers might remember from this for example) suddenly became a star of a BBC. And in the prime time! The Newsnight program investigated how Polish radical […]
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“What purpose mom serves” (do czego służy mama)? This is the question that children’s play in one of the schools seeks to find an answer to. And so they do, along with the current trend in education: “Mom is for washing, cooking and washing up. Mom is for constant reprimanding and moaning. (…) For frying […]
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One can think that in XXI century gay people are not a curiosity any more and women are no longer seen as a cattle and have their own rights. Nobody tells them what to do, or what they should wear. But there are still some countries in which religious leaders feel the right to lecture […]
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Poland is the most important thing for Poles. It is so important, that they want to spread Polishness all across the world. Voices that the West (or East, or Latin America, whatever) does not recognize the historical role of Poland could be heard from the right for quite some time as well. Every foreign mention […]
Smash those Ciapaks, with a holy picture if need be.
“Boję się ciapaków” – told me my old university friend. Intelligent, educated, with a diploma in difficult field from a leading Polish university. “Ciapak” is a Polish racial slur for Muslims and Arabs, but also for Indian people and other people with a darker skin. The closest English equivalent would be “Paki”. “I fear Ciapaks” – […]
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Polish finances are quite a mysterious topic. PiS claims, that our economy is going better than ever before. Opposition believes that they are a disaster. Economic experts warn, that while at the moment are doing well, we are living on borrowed money, that would have to be paid back one day. Mateusz Morawiecki, responsible for […]
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It seems it is about time to ask editor Čulik that he puts some of that money he gets from Soros (or so I hear from some readers kind enough to inform me about it) aside for me. Perhaps he could open an account for me on Cayman islands or whatever, as I might need […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Ok, I know I’ve been joking about that before, but this time it is serious. Polish police and justice system finally got to work, and try to tackle hate speech and extremism. The problem is, […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far It seems that problems with Polish healthcare are finally gone. Jarosław Kaczyński is reported to have some problems with his knee (it was probably injured from writing so many new laws on it). Did he […]
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Click here to see previous part of the series Click here to see all chapters of the series so far Breaking news! Aliens have landed! They look pretty much like people, except that they white, are 33 metres tall and antennas stick out from their heads. One of them have landed in western Poland… Ah […]