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Opinion: Travelling Across Poland Showed Me That Britain’s Economy Is Broken

by Aaron Bastani

The UK is increasingly just a middle-income country with a smattering of rich people. Visit anywhere else in Europe and you’ll see what I mean, writes Aaron Bastani.

A man in a beanie and black glasses loads a large pot wrapped in a tea towel into his car boot

Report: Inside the Volunteer Networks Sustaining Ukraine

by Volodya Vagner

Putin claimed there was no Ukrainian nation. Well, there certainly is one now. Volodya Vagner reports from Lviv on the massive popular mobilisation the war has prompted.

A protester in London opposing Poland's abortion ban

Opinion: Poland’s Pro-Choice Protests Are Radicalising a Generation

by Ana Oppenheim

Attempts to outlaw abortion in Poland appear to have strengthened the country's growing pro-choice movement, writes Ana Oppenheim. Women across the country, many of whom never before saw themselves as activists, are learning what it means to defy authority and stand up for their rights.

International: Why is Poland So Conservative?

Earlier this month, Poland’s incumbent president Andrzej Duda was re-elected following a campaign centred around defending ‘family values’ and demonising the LGBT community. Ana Oppenheim explains the background to the election - and why the nation is so conservative.

Polish Election: A United Left Is Confronting Bigotry

by Ana Oppenheim

In an election season otherwise blighted by homophobia, a new left alliance is set to take an unapologetic social programme into parliament in Poland's upcoming election. Despite the likelihood of the ruling Law and Justice party securing another victory, Ana Oppenheim argues the campaign trail has at least firmly put the left back on the political map.

Paweł Adamowicz: A Very Political Death in a Country Torn by Culture Wars

by Ana Oppenheim

The recent murder of Gdansk mayor Pawel Adamowicz is a consequence of the normalisation of the radical right in Poland, writes Ana Oppenheim.