#poland politics

[head-post]

Polish farmers block rail links with Ukraine

On 18 February, Polish farmers completely blocked the movement of trucks in both directions at the international checkpoint Dorohusk-Jahodyn and disrupted railway communication with Ukraine, Ukrainian media reported.

Since 9:00 Kyiv time, Polish farmers have been completely blocking the movement of lorries in both directions at the Dorohusk-Jahodyn international checkpoint. The farmers are holding a large-scale protest on the access roads to the village of Dorohusk.

Despite the protesters’ promises to let perishable, dangerous or humanitarian goods through, not a single heavy vehicle has crossed the border since then. The State Customs Service of Ukraine noted that shuttle buses passed through normally without queues.

As of 16 February, Polish farmers blocked six checkpoints on the border with Ukraine.

Read more HERE

[artistmagicial]

Andrzej Duda Prezydent Polski 🇵🇱

[jacensolodjo]

I sit with a book called "Anti-semitism Without Jews" on my bed next to me while i am reading about an antisemitic far-right lawmaker extinguishing the candles of a hanukkiah in Poland's parliament (with a fucking fire extinguisher) on my news feed. With people going 'but why does Poland's parliament even HAVE a menorah if it doesn't even have that many Jews?' (because that's the important question here right? that's what we should be worried about here right? Way to show your asses lmao)

The same Poland that lost 90% of its Jews in the Holocaust. AKA the reason for the book "Anti-Semitism Without Jews" being written because of acts exactly like this but actually happening back during the cold war. Because of how baffling it was for an area with ~0.001% of a population to be Jewish to have such a high instance of antisemitism.

Fucking incredible.

How soon we fucking forget. How things change but the more they stay the same.

Anyway Poland, I'm so sorry you've got this Braun fellow to deal with. I'm glad to see, however, that y'all punished him with the absolute max amount that you could under the circumstances.

(By the way: The answer of course to the question about the menorah in Parliament is that for years, Poland has invited a rabbi to light a menorah in Parliament for Hanukkah because it doesn't fucking matter how many Jews you have, if anything the fewer you have the more important it is to have this kind of tradition because that is how solidarity with Jews fucking works. Because Poland is aware of its own history and is clearly trying to show it isn't that country anymore. The whole fucking history and point of Hanukkah is that you shouldn't let the light go out and stay out no matter how hard the goyim try to snuff it out, that you should let everyone fucking know that the Jews are still here and will continue to be Jews.)

[workersolidarity]

🇵🇱 🚨 POLISH GOVERNMENT LIQUIDATES STATE MEDIA, OPPOSITION LAW & JUSTICE PARTY TO APPEAL DECISION

The current Polish government, under the leadership of Donald Tusk and the Civic Coalition, has taken a decision to liquidate the Polish State-Media organization due to political infighting resulting in a failure to fund the organization.

According to the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Bartolomew Sienkiewicz, he decided to shut down the State-Media organization due to the cessation of funding for the agency.

Earlier, Poland's President Andrzej Duda vetoed a budget bill that would have seen the State-Media organization funded to the tune of 3 billion Zlotys ($770 million).

Previously, Sienkiewicz dismissed the chairmen of the board of directors of Polish Television, Polish Radio, and the Polish News Agency, as well as their supervisory boards.

The opposition Law & Justice Party, which recently lost power as a result of the 2023 Polish elections, rejected the moves by the Culture Minister, refusing to recognize the decisions.

Although Law & Justice is now in the opposition, the party held on to control over the boards of the Polish State-Media organization, retaining a powerful platform in the central European country.

Law & Justice Party Press Secretary, Rafal Bochenek told reporters Wednesday that the opposition would appeal the decision to shut down the Polish State-Media organization.

“In connection with Sienkiewicz’s illegal actions and tireless attempts to identify party nominees in public media without the slightest legal basis, contrary to the laws and constitution, as well as court orders, we will soon send relevant statements to the prosecutor’s office,” Bohenek said.

“We will not allow them to subordinate public media to the party and limit citizens’ rights to information,” he added.

Currently, instead of broadcasting the usual Polish Television news channel, the TVP1 channel is being broadcast, which typically shows feature films. The Polish Television news website is also unavailable at this time.

#source

@WorkerSolidarityNews

[mysharona1987]

The man literally cannot show up to a memorial for war crime victims because he knows he himself will be arrested for war crimes.

I would call this Black Mirror but Black Mirror is more subtle than this, to be honest.

[yuveim]

Seven WCK humanitarian aid workers killed in Israeli strike, including Palestinian, Australian, Polish, British and U.S./Canadian citizens

"The WCK team was traveling in a deconflicted zone in two armored cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle." "The seven killed are from Australia, Poland, United Kingdom, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, and Palestine."

WRITE TO YOUR GOVERNMENT TODAY TO DEMAND ISRAEL IS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF YOUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND THE 32+ THOUSANDS PALESTINIANS KILLED

DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE END OF WEAPONS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL AND AN END TO THE GENOCIDE

(USA) Find your representative | United States House of Representatives

(UK) Find your MP | UK Parliament

[wandixx]

GIW made a lot of mistakes and the biggest one was going against Young Justice part 2

part one is here

@whimsicalchaosgarden you asked to be tagged, sorry it took so long

Trigger warnings: mentions of experimentation and dehumanization (tell me if there is more appropriate way of phrasing it)

“So,” Robin started, taking the voice recorder out of his utility belt. “It'll probably be best if we get an explanation while making an accident report. This way we get it all over sooner”

Everyone agreed with this idea, standing in the loose circle in the debriefing area to make it all feel more serious. They had limited time before the next batch of cookies needed to be taken out of the oven and there was no way they all wouldn't devolve into chaos when it happened. M’gann knew from experience. 

To make sure they wouldn't take too long and cookies wouldn't turn on the fire alarm (again) both she and Danny set a timer.

In the meantime they had to learn who actually attacked them earlier.

“Phantom do the honors”

Danny froze for a moment, looking like deer caught in the headlight before he asked in a bit squeaky voice:

“How do I make an accident report?”

“Just say what happened but make it sound fancy,” Artemis explained. 

“Make a mission report and we'll fix it along the way,” Kaldur proposed.

“Answer ‘When? Where? Who was involved? What happened? What have you done about it?’ without excessive use of puns to avoid Bat-lecture” Robin helped, already in handstand.

“Bat-lecture? Really Rob?”

“So it's like lab report lite” Danny said before Robin did anything more than squawk indignantly “Alright, I can do it. Do you have any set phrase to start? And which accident report is it, in the database?"

“44th… How about ‘[Hero name], report’? Sounds serious enough.”

Everyone agreed, so after a moment of silence Kaldur did the honors.

“Phantom, report”

Danny straightened, rolling his shoulders back and locked his eyes in the middle distance. It was a bit eerie how fast he went from relaxed and goofy to almost emotionless statue. M’gann wished to never encounter it again, thank you very much.

“Incident report no. 45 made by Young Justice member Phantom, regarding an attack from earlier today, 26th April 20XX. The Young Justice Team, later referred to as the Team, went on a trip to an amusement park staying currently in the city of Happy Harbour. It was an activity meant to strengthen interpersonal relationships within the Team, previously green-lit by Red Tornado. Every member was in civilian attire as per protocol. Around 3:15 PM, after two and a half hours, the Team were disturbed by a group of ten armed people, recognized by member Phantom as belonging to Ghost Investigation Ward, colloquially known as GIW or Guys In White because of their uniforms. Later in the report the organization will be referred to as the GIW. Two shots were fired by the assailants, targeting but not reaching member Phantom. Members of the GIW were hostile but with use of humor and threat of legal actions, the Team managed to diffuse the situation before it endangered passerbys. Despite direct attack, none of the Team members’ identities were compromised. Assailants left the confrontation with belief that Phantom left his ectoplasmic signature on an unrelated civilian. Agents refused to admit they were working for the GIW since its operations break a couple of laws of the state Rhode Island. Because of that, their appearance was reported to local law enforcement and taken care of. No injuries or damage to the city infrastructure were sustained other than two burns in the asphalt in the place of confrontation. Required follow-up with local law enforcement in civilian attire as victims of assault. End of report” Danny sighed, easing back into a more natural position. “This good?” he asked, with a sheepish smile.

“Perfect”

“How are you so good at reporting? You didn’t even know what to do a second ago? That’s just unfair”

“I used to write my parent’s lab reports. It’s pretty similar in form”

“Lab-”

“Follow-up to the report only, Kid-Flash,” Robin interrupted “Phantom. elaborate on who were the assailants”

Danny stepped back from himself again.

“GIW is a ghost hunting organization supported and accredited by the state government in Illinois, legally operating also in states Wisconsin and Ohio. Their goal is to catch and examine ecto-entities to learn more about their biology and ways to obliterate them. Obviously their plans for experimentation don’t include consideration of ghosts’ well-being”

“Damn, that’s messed up”

“They wouldn't catch a blob ghost if they tried,” Danny shrugged, though something was wrong with the gesture. She wasn't sure though, so she moved on.

“Then why were you scared?” M’gann pressed on instead.

“My parents… are, you know, prominent ghost hunters so when GIW opened we all got a tour around the whole building. The lab was… it made me imagine things I wished I had never thought about”

“They have labs? Like evil labs?” Robin perked up like a kid who just heard that Christmas came early. “How could you hide it from us?!” he added, falling to hang on Danny's shoulder. He twirled a bit to catch the left one even though before he stood on halfa’s right side. Dramatic as always “Conner, we have a birthday gift for you!”

“What does GIW’s lab have to do with my birthday?”

“The potential!” Robin yelled, straightening for a better effect.

Everyone started laughing. Well, everyone other than Conner who just looked at them confused.

“He probably wants to storm another lab, bring up nostalgia of our first meeting,” Kaldur calmed down just enough to explain.

“Tell me you wouldn't like to punch an evil scientist,” Wally added, almost dropping to the floor. 

“This does sound nice”

“And THIS is exactly the reason why I haven't told you all. Thanks for spoiling my surprise Rob,” Danny lied, though he did his best to sound truthful. He even projected some false mirth.

It would take much more to trick M’gann though. She abruptly stopped laughing.

“You're lying. Why actually haven't you told us?” she demanded maybe a little too harshly, but she was worried. Everyone froze for a moment, before turning to look at Danny.

“They're all bark no bite, and aim worse than Stormtroopers’, so I haven't considered them important enough to report”

Other's didn’t know, of course, but M’gann knew just how terrified Danny was during the confrontation and how echoes of that fear soured air around him even hours later.

Everyone did realize this explanation was a tone of bullshit though. 

Apparently incredulous stares were enough of the response.

“You and the Justice League have more important things to deal with than some shitty local laws”

“Bullshit again,” Artemis burst her lips “This is exactly what Justice League is for”

“I already found people to help me lobby against them”

“And why aren't we on the list?” 

Danny fell silent, not looking anyone in the eyes, which was quite a feat considering they had him in a half circle. M’gann considered moving to his side to show her support. Stare down like that had to be quite stressful.

Why not actually. She stepped closer, and drew him in the loose side hug. Danny tensed, which wasn't abnormal for him. He usually relaxed in about thirty seconds, if he didn't, she'd let go.

“I didn't expect them to breach the containment…”

“Each of these lies is worse, you know? Like, insulting our intelligence level of worse,” Artemis interrupted once more, pinning him with her eyes alone “Give us truth or stop talking”

Danny raised his head to look back at Artemis and mimed zipping his mouth shut and throwing the key away. 

“Really?”

Boy just shrugged, not breaking eye contact.

“Alright, let's move on to the next question, how did it get approved in the first place?” Wally interrupted, waving his hand between them. They both shook off like dogs fresh out of water.

“Couldn't you wait five more seconds until I won?” 

“Ha! You wish Artemis. Though you could give us a moment”

“I gave you literal ages”

Danny snorted “Sorry, I keep forgetting how impatient you are”

“Oh shut up, my brain is just faster than yours, you slowpokes”

“Sure, sure”

“He made a good point,” Kaldur said “This shouldn’t even pass. And even if, you’re legally a Meta”

“Normal ghosts aren’t and halfas being a thing is not exactly common knowledge among the living”

“I’ll never get used to this distinction”

“I believe in you, Rob”

“What about ‘Extraterrestrial, extradimensional and otherwise previously unincluded’ Optional Protocol to the ‘International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’?”

“Oh my god Conner, you’re the only person to say the whole name ever”

“Hey!”

“It all comes down to the definition of the ghost and the fact that Alien addition uses sentience and sapience as a ground to give anyone said rights. And also, US signed it but didn’t ratify it so…”

“Isn’t it same thing?”

“Nope. I thought so too, but apparently signing anything means nothing unless it’s also ratified, so I’m kinda fucked. Can’t even get the UN to frown at them disapprovingly, because officially, nothing was agreed to. And you know, even if they ratified it, ecto-scientists conducted enough research to prove we aren’t sapient enough to have these rights anyway. Just most of the states didn’t need to make a law out of it”

“That’s rough buddy”

“Are you really quoting Avatar at me right now? Really Artemis?”

“Yes”

“Wasn’t Avatar this movie with blue people? I don’t think they said that there”

M’gann wasn’t quite sure why human members seemed to be appalled by the question.

“We’re going to fix that later-”

“What exactly is there to be fixed, because I feel like we’re talking about to different things”

“- but for now can we go back to the whole ‘ghosts have no rights in Illinois’ thing” Robin continued, completely ignoring Conner’s questions.

“Illinois, Wisconsin and Ohio. There are portals to the Zone in two of these states. GIW already tried to send nuke through one of them”

“How Americana of them,” Kaldur muttered.

“If you have another insane tidbit about them, please share it all now. My mind can’t utilize any more revelations like that”

“I handled it, don’t worry”

“Someone tried to nuke literal Afterlife…”

“Yup, get on the schedule Kid Flash. You’re supposed to be fast”

M’gann knocked her arm into his, kinda as a ‘don’t be mean’ message. Danny kinda tensed, but soon relaxed back and moved his head as if he wanted to lay it on her shoulder. Excitement of the day was clearly catching up to him.

M’gann wouldn’t be mad if he did laid his head there.

“Why do we learn about it just now?”

“I wrote the report, not my fault you haven’t read it”

“Can’t fault us for assuming we’d know every important thing from your endless bitching!”

Danny straightened and laughed, in this horrible humorless way that made M’gann want to claw at her brain until she couldn’t hear or sense any of it.

Instead, she brought her other hand up and just held him tighter.

Thankfully the whole spectacle didn’t last long.

“It’s cute that you think I bitch about anything important”

“Phantom…”

“Don’t Phantom me right now. Even if by some miracle they managed to send the missile to the Zone, it most likely wouldn’t have worked. They’re mostly just a joke.”

“They managed to shot you. Right upper arm or shoulder”

“Don’t deny it, we’ve seen you wince when I leaned on you and when M’gann hugged you”

Martian tried to let go hearing that, but Danny held her in place. She stayed where she was but carefully moved her hand away from the slightly damp area on his shirt. She suddenly caught on everything that was wrong with him, now that she knew to look for it.

“I got worse from the hand of my house’s security system”

“You… understand that it’s… like… way worse, right?”

“You don’t know life until you hear threats of dissection against your alter ego after stopping death ray with bowl of cereal,” he said, relaxing more into her side again. He sounded absolutely exhausted.

“Do you want to move in here? Until we deal with this whole GIW and assorted mess?” she said instead. Conner nodded, surprisingly eager to share the space that he considered somewhat sacred.

“Nope, I’m good, I’m needed there”

“You could Zeta- yeah, no, nevermind, it wasn’t good idea. But we could make it work”

“You still should-”

“It’s fine. I mean, I have it handled and it doesn’t affect that many people. And we’re working on it. It’s fine”

“It really is not,” Conner growled.

“You need your arm patched up” M’gann demanded, ignoring previous conversation, with eyes still fixed on the blood that stained her forearm. She should’ve destroyed at least Operative K.

“I bandaged it up”

“It soaked through then. Let’s go to med–”

Loud shrill interrupted her, because of course it did.

“Oh, look, convenient distraction! Let’s take the cookies out before they get burned!”

“We’ll talk about it tomorrow,” M’gann stated in a way that allowed no argument “You’re getting away for now only because I’m holding most of your weight right now”

“Sure we will. And I can stand on my own, thank you very much”

“I’ve heard many lies today and this might be the worst of them. We’re going to Medbay as soon as the cookies are out”

“You’ve got it boss”

[mixmangosmangoverse]

The discussion around the fandomization of the I/P conflict is so fucking relevant because why did I just see someone in a discord for a reaction channel that reacts to musicals and cartoons suggest them to react to the Columbia ""protests"" with a heart emoji as if it's another episode of their favorite show and SIX other people agreed with that

[lgbtpopcult]

Poland sets out pathway to legalising same-sex partnerships | ICLG

[head-post]

Polish PM: Ukrainian support represents one of Polish politics’ treasures

On Thursday, the Prime Ministers of Poland and Ukraine discussed the terms of Warsaw’s additional support for Kyiv and a solution to the current dispute over food imports.

Relations between Warsaw and Kyiv have soured after competition from Ukrainian agriculture and food products entered the European market, particularly affecting farmers from neighbouring countries.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk told his counterpart Denys Shmyhal in Warsaw that military, financial and humanitarian support would not be affected by today’s differences, but would also include diplomatic assistance and support for Ukraine’s prospects of joining NATO and the European Union.

“One of the greatest treasures of Polish politics is that no matter who governs, when it comes to helping Ukraine, no one and nothing will divide the Poles on this particular issue. We will remain together in this dramatic situation in our common history,” the Prime Minister added.

Read more HERE

[postmariannizm]

Shoutout to my girl Magdalena Gudzińska-Adamczyk, a Jewish doctor, who was the only person fighting with a disgrace of a human Grzegorz Braun while he was using fire extinguisher on chanuka candles in Polish Parliment. In response he hit her and told her she is not a woman.

[yurislava]

there's a gif going around of a guy tearing a nazi flag. and ig it's cool but im tired of fictional usamerican movies abt the german occupation so here are two examples of real historical anti-nazi actions in Warsaw:

1944, Warsaw Uprising (not the same as the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising). Stanisław Bala "Giza" takes down the nazi flag from the Polish bank

1942, drawn by a scout. i think i don't have to explain

similar to the painting above, the slogan "Nur für Deutsche" ("only for Germans") was being written on lampposts as a threat (yk, hanging). it came from the same sentence being used by the german occupation to indicate a place was segregated and exclusive to Germans

such actions are examples of "little sabotage", which included smaller actions like graffiting, flag tearing, disrupting german events – done by young people, many of whom died in armed fighting against the german occupier

feel free to add more examples from around the world and

support liberation fighters everywhere always 🔻

[panimoonchild]

The world is fucked up

I don't get it either. Why my people must die when Russia has so much support? Because on its own there's no way Russians have numerous drones (Iran) and ballistic missiles which they shelled Odesa today. Where is justice? Make Russia pay!  Please keep spreading our voices and donate to our army and combat medics (savelife.in.ua, prytulafoundation.org, Serhii Sternenko, hospitallers.life, ptahy.vidchui.org and u24.gov.ua).

[mysharona1987]

Quite the headline here.

[azallea]

Mein Herz in Flammen

Will dich lieben und verdammen...

[enfinizatics]

stole the meme from milosz.miedzy.innymi on ig, snorted a little