The Post-faschistische Idylle, with: Boris Buden, Ewa Majewska, Ana Ofak, Ana Teixeira Pinto, Nika Radić, David Riff and Zoran Terzić; 19 May 2016
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The artists involved, who called themselves “Anonymous Stateless Immigrants Collective,” were Dorian Batycka, Ehsan Fardjadniya, Aleka Polis, Edyta Jarząb, Damian Cholewiński, Łukasz Wójcicki, and Ewa Majewska.
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The manifesto was written and signed by Roman Dziadkiewicz, Grzegorz Jankowicz, Zbigniew Libera, Ewa Majewska, Lidia Makowska, Natalia Romik, Janek Simon, Jan Sowa, Kuba Szreder, Bogna Świątkowska, and Joanna Warsza. See →.
Postscript: We wrote this field report from Poland—that is, everywhere—during a time marked by two significant anniversaries. Thirty-six years ago, in late August 1980, the independent workers’ union Solidarność emerged. And September 1 marks the seventy-seventh anniversary of a tragedy which every Pole is painfully aware of. It is precisely in this non-time of our present that weak resistance resonates so loudly. Between the future past and the present future, the fundamental alternative “socialism or barbarism” remains vital. Only the common in revolt can lead us out of this situation, without losing what we hold dear. To the Spanish slogan “No Pasaran” (“None shall pass”) the Polish therefore add “Nie ma wolności bez Solidarności” (“There is no freedom without solidarity”), artistic or otherwise.
The massive protests of women in Poland on October 3 this year gathered some 150 000 participants in 103 public demonstrations throughout the whole country. On October 6 the Parliament rejected the barbarian anti-abortion law. While celebrating this first major victory over the ruling authorities, As the ruling party wants to add more restrictions to the access to abortion, pre-natal care and contraceptives we plan to further mobilize for a Women's Strike on the October 23.