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Podcast: Bungacast
Episode: /491/ Squeezed Between Two Empires ft. Maciej Szlinder
Description: On Poland's election, its history, its self-conception.
Philosopher Maciej Szlinder joins us to talk about Polish politics, society and history. Maciej is a member of the general council of the left-wing political party Razem ("Together"), as well as the president of the Polish Basic Income Network, so we discuss these matters as well as the general context.
How did Poland represent a beacon of neoliberal democracy to Western liberals in the 80s and 90s – and what happened next?
What does Poland represent, to Poles and to the rest of Europe, today?
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