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Audio version of ‘The Conspiracy Theorists Who Have Taken Over Poland’

29 Monday Feb 2016

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The Guardian has released an audio version of my essay on the roots of the Law and Justice phenomenon.

The Polish version of the essay was published by Gazeta Wyborcza, and can be read here.

Long Read essay for The Guardian available in Polish

20 Saturday Feb 2016

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The exploitation of a symbol of national suffering in support of a political agenda that seeks to turn Pole against Pole is contradictory to every conceivable notion of patriotism.

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My Long Read essay for the Guardian ‘The conspiracy theorists who have taken over Poland‘, has been published in Polish this weekend in print and online by the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, with an extra introduction for Polish readers.

The Polish version of the essay can be found here, and the introduction (in English) is as follows:

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Long Read for The Guardian: ‘The Conspiracy Theorists Who Have Taken Over Poland’

16 Tuesday Feb 2016

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My ‘Long Read’ on Poland and the roots of the Law & Justice phenomenon is published today in The Guardian, in print and online.

My most sincere thanks to the many people who assisted in the writing of this essay, which can be found here.

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