Episode 10. Poland, Propaganda and the PiS

The PiS Party in Poland is a hyper conservative Catholic Government that had been in power since 2015. In that time the President, Andrzej Duda, has persecuted LGBTQI+ people, women and left wing activists also criminalising abortion against the wishes of almost 80% of the Polish voters. The government has used a range of far right tactics to achieve total control such as imprisonment of protestors, installing government-friendly judges and seizing control of the public media, or in their own opinion, re-claiming it from the hands of the left. 

On this episode Zeb, Coward and Rachael delve into PiS party propaganda, drawing from Polish Public Tv, international media and look at the complicated history of the far right in the country.

Have German media companies controlled the news in Poland? Is there really such a thing as 'left wing fascism'? Who is Janusz Korwin-Mikke, and why did he go viral?

Find out, on Opheads!

Researched material from: 25mins

Special thanks to Ania Kostrzewa for providing translations and guidance, and the lovely Bernice Murphy for this weeks readouts.

Research notes available at:
www.cowardspace.com/opheads/episode10

Recommendations for further research: 
Corner Späti interview with Hanna Grzeskiewicz from the Polish queer feminist collective:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1RgdWRYwM1nn23aJF3uV49?si=GROZzi6jSU-lYp8XjCEPpQ&utm_source=instagram&utm_medium=ig_stories