#4 Poland

This episode is about abortion rights and political protest in
Poland. The idea for this podcast series came about under the
impression of the strong protests in Poland in autumn 2021 against
the tightening of the already restrictive legislation on abortion.
Only since 1993 abortion is mostly ban and this happened during the
change of social system, which promised more liberal rights and
gave the hope of freedom. Now in 2020/21 the amount of protesting
women (but also men) in autumn was very impressive. We want to
know: how did they manage to mobilize so many people? We talk to
Karolina Micula, a musican, performer and activist, who chooses
many different forms of protesting (and is pictured on the front
page of the podcasts’ website). Our second guest is Terry Reintke,
member of the European Parliament for the Green Group since 2014
and currently also its Vice President. She demands that the EU
intervenes in Polish breaches of fundamental rights and supports
the Polish activists by saying „Your struggle is our struggle.“