Stanley Bill talks to political scientist Ben Stanley about the campaign, the candidates, and the wider consequences of the presidential vote.
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“People are tired of voting for the lesser evil”: Interview with presidential candidate Szymon Hołownia
Stanley Bill
The former journalist and TV presenter answers questions about his policies and plans for the presidency.
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What does Jarosław Kaczyński want? Poland and the rule of law
Stanley Bill
Stanley Bill discusses Jarosław Kaczyński’s grand vision for Poland, the ideological basis on which it stands, its effects, and prospects for success.
Lech Wałęsa and the politics of history
Siobhan Doucette
Siobhan Doucette discusses the figure of Solidarity hero Lech Wałęsa and the accusations that he informed on fellow dissidents to the SB.
The strong and the weak: Poland and the new international order
Stanley Bill
Stanley Bill discusses Poland’s place in the new international system of Donald Trump and Brexit.
New film on Wołyń massacres unites Poles in praise – but reconciliation with Ukraine will be harder
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles discusses the Wołyń massacres, the subject of a new film, and how they remain an obstacle to cordial Polish-Ukrainian relations.
The politics of heroism: the museum of Poles saving Jews in World War II
Stanley Bill
Stanley Bill examines how the PiS government engages in martyrology and seeks to privilege the narratives of Poles who helped saved Jews; a new museum opens in the village of Markowa.
Liberal, secular and gay: Poland’s unlikeliest – and most interesting – rising political star
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles highlights one of Poland’s liberal rising stars – Robert Biedroń – and discusses how his sexuality might hurt his chances for higher office.
Anti-Polish rhetoric in the UK: why the Brits like immigrants but hate immigration
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles discusses the dynamic of xenophobia directed towards Polish immigrants in Britain in the wake of the Brexit referendum announcement.
The “compelling need for truth”: reflections on Sandomierz’s blood-libel plaque
Daniel Tilles
Daniel Tilles examines a new plaque placed alongside the infamous Jewish ritual murder painting in the Sandomierz Cathedral, proposing that the plaque represents both a sign of positive progress and a missed opportunity to offer a more honest appraisal of a dark episode in the history of the town and the Catholic Church in Poland.
Review of “Ida”: identity and freedom
Stanley Bill reviews Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida, winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and remarks on accusations of stereotyping and antisemitism
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