Letter From Poland Letter From Poland
January 30, 2024 Letter From Poland Undoing the country’s authoritarian experiment. David Ost Share Facebook Twitter Email Flipboard Pocket Ad Policy Polish Prime Minister Donald T…
Jan 30, 2024 / David Ost
The Trap at the Poland–Belarus Border The Trap at the Poland–Belarus Border
Why the Polish ruling party turned a minor border crisis into an “existential threat.”
Nov 19, 2021 / David Ost
The Attack on Democracy in Poland and the Response of the Left The Attack on Democracy in Poland and the Response of the Left
While liberals call for restoration of basic democracy, the left fears this will only revive the neoliberalism partly responsible for driving people to the right.
Jul 19, 2018 / David Ost
Regime Change in Poland, Carried Out From Within Regime Change in Poland, Carried Out From Within
Since taking office in November, the Law and Justice party has abandoned the institutions of liberal democracy in the raw pursuit of power.
Jan 8, 2016 / David Ost
The Polish Catastrophe The Polish Catastrophe
Poland's president and dozens of its political leaders died Saturday in a plane crash en route to a commemoration of the World War II massacre of Polish soldiers in Katyn, Russia.
Apr 13, 2010 / David Ost
Solidarity, 25 Years Later Solidarity, 25 Years Later
That brief explosion in Gdansk of civic participation and political innovation contains secrets and gems of political ideals that can be achieved.
Letter From Poland Letter From Poland
Bush has managed to puncture Poles' image of America as essentially good.
Letter From Poland Letter From Poland
A new democratic left is emerging for the first time since 1989.