Poland Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Poland: Half a million protesters take to the streets of Warsaw

By Paul Smith, Alternatywa Socjalistyczna — ISA in Poland Half a million protesters took to the streets on 4 June against the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) government in what is claimed to be the biggest demonstration in Poland since the collapse

Jun 16, 2023

News & Analysis

Poland — the women’s strike movement and the way forward

When judges sitting as a ‘Constitutional Tribunal’ ruled to make practically all cases of abortion illegal, even when the foetus has a severe and permanent disability or incurable disease, a massive protest, the women’s strike — Strajk Kobiet, broke out by Tiphaine

Jan 23, 2021

World News

Women rising around the world

By Aprille Scully Inequality under the capitalist system has accelerated in recent years and sees the top 1% own more wealth than the 99%. Neoliberalism means privatisation and underfunding of public services which particularly affects women in areas of health, education, maternity

Nov 22, 2016