poland
Artists vs. apparatchiks in Wajda’s last film “Afterimage”
May 31, 2017Wajda found a subject through which he could express his credo as an artiste—criticism of Stalinism.
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After mass protests, Poland won’t back total abortion ban
October 5, 2016A proposed total abortion ban in Poland will not be implemented, a member of the government has said.
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Women in Poland protest proposal for abortion ban
October 3, 2016Polish women donned black, waved black flags and took to Poland's streets on October 3.
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Today in history: Anna Louise Strong is born, changes worlds
November 24, 2015Strong was employed by the New York Evening Post to report on the bloody massacre and the armed guards hired by Everett mill owners to keep the IWW out of town.
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“Train to Zakopané” is a hard hitting play about bigotry
December 2, 2014The plight of Jews in 1928 Poland, with the rise of the Nazis lurking and looming in the background, is strong stuff.
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