It all started with a song: myths about nudism in Poland
Naturism/nudism was a controversial movement of social nudity in public spaces in the 70s and 80s in Poland. The nudism movement was a space of freedom during communism time. In 1985, a song came out, its lyrics talking about a nudist beach in Chałupy (a village in north Poland, close to the Baltic Sea). It’s […]
What is postporn?
PostPorn is a new way to think about pornography from the feminist, queer perspective. How has this new perspective changed the meaning of sex and porn? @KrytykaPolitycznaTV went to Warsaw’s Post Porn Festival to find out. @KrytykaPolitycznaTV is a Sphera Network member and this story is part of our “Sex” series.
The Polish artist who uses embroidery as a form of protest
After the recent elections, Poland is experiencing a stalemate in terms of the recognition of rights. Monika Drozynska is part of a generation of artists trying to use entertainment as a means of making art in a political way. Drozynska embroiders train headrests with political slogans in various languages, including Braille. For her, fun is […]
In Spain, some reckon with the country’s complicated history
The dictatorship of Francisco Franco in Spain ended with an agreement signed by leading democratical fractions called The Pact of Forgetting. The document stated that atrocities committed by Franco’s regime would not be prosecuted or even officially discussed. State institutions were to resign from any forms of commemorating Franco but his material legacy in the […]
Football fans in Europe: Poland
“KOP” is the part of the football stadium where a soccer club’s most fervent supporters gather. Thomas Porlon from @streetpress went to meet those radical groups around Europe to show how football and politics are intertwined across the continent, particularly within the far-right movement. The first stop is Poland, where supporters of Slask Wroclaw are […]
Event in Warsaw
For our Polish audiences, see in Warsaw this evening! Our Polish member @krytykapolityczna is having a dedicated event to analyse the European elections! Stay tuned!
European elections: borders
Reporting on the EU elections can also mean going into a memory lane. As our Polish member Krytyka Polityczna recalled, 20 years ago, Polish people had to queue up to 24 hours to enter into the European Union. A long gone souvenir as now with the European Union, internal borders were abolished.
“What does the European union do?”
In the late 1980s, the British press went a bit overboard with the EU regulating the size and shapes of bananas. Though this was a massive extrapolation, almost a “fake news”, the EU is funding a lot of local projects which make an impact to local communities. From broadband to public transport our Polish partner @krytykapolityczna has […]
Poland: what about voter turnout in the European Elections?
Voter turnout is a huge factor in every election. In Poland, European Parliament elections saw a 20.9% turnout in 2004, 24.55% in 2009, 23.83% in 2014, and a record 45.68% in 2019. In November 2023, a staggering 75% of the population voted in the national elections. Campaigns by feminist movements and social organizations encouraging people […]
European elections: pro-turnout campaigns
Usually fewer citizens vote at European elections compared to national or regional elections. For instance, 50.7% of Europeans voted in 2019 and it was perceived as a great result … But in Poland, activists are trying to mobilise voters. Our partner Krytyka Polityczna talked to them