In France, a group of young women tells a different history of Paris
Feminists in the City is a French organisation that has been organising feminist-themed walking tours in Paris and other cities since 2018. These tours offer an alternative way of experiencing the city: not through monuments to generals and kings, but through street art, literature, memories, and places of protest. Participants explore the history of Paris […]
A Safe Space for Women Migrants: Inside Fem Book Club Poland
Fem Book Club is a migrant-run initiative in Poland for women and queer people facing cultural and language barriers. More than a book club, it’s a space to read together, share stories, discover diverse authors, and build connections. Through meetings, workshops, and performances, it uses literature as a tool for integration, belonging, and amplifying marginalised […]
In this town near Madrid, a feminist book club is a space of sharing and community
In a town near Madrid, a group of women meet to talk about books by female authors. More than a book club, these meetings are a chance to talk, share, discuss issues global and personal, and, over time, form a community. For their series about books and people around Europe, our partners @KrytykaPolitycznaTV went to […]
In Poland, local media outlets fight for independent journalism
Press freedom is under attack in many countries. In Poland, independent local media outlets are increasingly having to compete with media outlets funded by local authorities. Journalists from Gazeta Radomszczańska fight every day to provide reliable, high-quality local news to residents of the Radomsko region. @KrytykaPolitycznaTV went to their editorial office and met their team. […]
In Poland, an organisation offers time to put phones away and (really) connect
In a world where most European societies are struggling with information overload, screen addiction and digital fatigue, more and more initiatives are looking for alternatives. One of these is the “Można Zwariować” Foundation, a Polish organisation that proposes concrete, therapeutic activities to support healthy and conscious contact with technology. Every month, events are organised under […]
In Warsaw, an abortion centre makes history — and gets on the nerves of the far-right
Feminist activists from the Abortion Dream Team have opened the first abortion center in Poland, one of the EU countries where access to abortion is most limited. From merch that can fund abortions to a private room where anyone can take the abortion pill, surrounded by friends and taking their time, the centre offers a […]
Everyone sees a family, the state doesn’t: the story of Miłka and Ola
Miłka and Ola live in a small town near Kołobrzeg. Together, they are raising two boys. This might sound like a very ordinary story, but same-sex couples have to face challenges and discrimination that heterosexual couples don’t even think about, especially in modern-day Poland. Journalists from @KrytykaPolitycznaTV went to Kołobrzeg to interview the couple and […]
In Warsaw, students fight for the right to study, through occupation
Many students in Poland cannot afford rent and canteen fees, and many are forced to work and study at the same time. This, the students explain, has major repercussions on their mental health. Their goal is to make occupation a normal and accepted form of protest and to get the authorities to pay attention to […]
School should be a place for equal opportunities. But is it?
School is supposed to be a space where talent, perseverance and hard work are the things that count. Increasingly, however, the reality is different. Today, the education system is becoming a race against the odds, a space where inequality thrives. Children from poorer families have limited access to extra-curricular activities, tutoring or psychological support. Others […]
How did the Polish Catholic Church get so much power?
In Poland, the relationship between Catholic Church and the government has historically been complex and invisible, with many things happening behind closed doors. From historical persecution to legislative influence, @KrytykaPolitycznaTV went to experts to investigate how the Church systematically built its authority, culminating in moments like the 1993 abortion law: they speak to Agnieszka Graff, […]
