Far-right politics in Poland

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Like in other nations across the world, there are several

far-right (Polish: skrajna prawica) organizations and parties operating in Poland
.

sedevacantist
priest Rafał Trytek

History and ideology

Past

An important element of

National Radical Camp
.

Modern

Following the collapse of a communist system in the country, the far-right ideology became visible. The pan-Slavic and neopagan Polish National Union (PWN-PSN) political party at its peak was one of the larger groups active in the early 1990s, numbering then some 4,000 members and making international headlines for its anti-Semitism and anti-Catholicism. The

Association for Tradition and Culture "Niklot" was founded in 1998 by Tomasz Szczepanski, a former NOP member, promoting Slavic supremacy and neopaganism. Since the mid-1990s, the ultra-Catholic Radio Maryja station has been on air with an anti-modernist, nationalist and xenophobic program.[12] All-Polish Youth and National Radical Camp
were "recreated" in 1989 and 1993, respectively becoming Poland's most prominent far-right organizations.

In 1995, the

Neo-Nazi groups were largely absorbed into more casual and better organized "Autonomous Nationalists
".

National Radical Camp march in Kraków, July 2007

On the political level, the biggest victories achieved so far by the far-right were in the

KORWiN, 5 for National Movement, and 1 for Confederation of the Polish Crown
.

Members of far-right groups make up a significant portion of those taking part in the annual "Independence March" in central Warsaw, which started in 2009, to mark

Independence Day. About 60,000 were in the 2017 march marking the 99th anniversary of independence, with placards such as "Clean Blood" seen on the march.[15]

Examples of influence

Islamophobia

There have been reports of hate crimes targeting

Islamization is his Westerplatte".[21]

After the 2015 elections

In May 2016, despite criticism from human rights NGOs, opposition parties and left-wing organizations, of the appeasement of the far-right, the right-wing government of

Law and Justice (PiS) disbanded governmental advisory and coordinating body that dealt with "racial discrimination, xenophobia and related to them, intolerance" (Rada ds. Przeciwdziałania Dyskryminacji Rasowej, Ksenofobii i związanej z nimi Nietolerancji), by claiming that its mission was "useless".[22]

See also

References

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  14. ^ Powstało stowarzyszenie Endecja z udziałem posłów Kukiza Archived 2017-03-28 at the Wayback Machine rp.pl, 19 May 2016
  15. ^ Noack, Rick (13 November 2017). "How Poland became a breeding ground for Europe's far right". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-11-13. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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  17. ^ "Why are Polish people so wrong about Muslims in their country?". openDemocracy. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  18. ^ "European Islamophobia Report" (PDF). SETA. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  19. ^ Leszczyński, Adam (2 July 2015). "'Poles don't want immigrants. They don't understand them, don't like them'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2018-06-14. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Polish opposition warns refugees could spread infectious diseases". Reuters. 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-08-01. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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  22. ^ "Rada ds. Walki z rasizmem rozwiązana. Rzecznik rządu wyjaśnia, dlaczego". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2017-05-11.

Bibliography

External links
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