Ultras attend the Independence March to mark the 106th anniversary of Polish independence, in Warsaw, Poland. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultras

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#Poland
#Ultras

#Defense #Poland #NATO

#Poland is one of the few countries whose current government has seen the light regarding the #Kremlin Regime's expansionary 🪖 military intentions:

mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1134…

mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1134…

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴

2024-11-01 14:59:08

#Polish #Defense spending

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...spending has been ever more insane in comparison to other expenditures, in particular climate change* and healthcare, for instance, 👉#Poland still spends even more than the US on defense (now.)

So, clearly, they are, apart from the #Baltic states that have been warning ⚠️ of the #Kremlin threat for years, *the* country in Europe, that has started to prepare against an...

🇵🇱 Poland to invest 3 billion zlotys ($750 million) to ramp up ammunition production, preparing for potential threats from Russia. Poland leads NATO in defense spending, allocating 4.7% of GDP in 2025. #Defense #Poland #NATO

reuters.com/business/aerospace…

Kielce, #Poland

An aerial photograph shows a cemetery illuminated with candles during All Saints Day, when millions of Poles head to family graves in their ancestors’ hometowns to pay their respects.

Photograph: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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@northernlights
#Democracy #Poland #USA #USpol #GeoPol #Politics

...understand the developments in #Poland—and similar ones in such countries as #Turkey, #India, and *#America*—👉the simple binary of democracy and dictatorship will not do.👈
#Poland, like so many other countries 👉[the #US], is evolving into an embattled system that political scientists have described by such names as “*illiberal democracy*” and “competitive authoritarian regime.”👈

Read on!

archive.is/mSmnY

@northernlights
#Democracy #Poland

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Alas, this is only part of the story I remembered, but it holds important, excellent phrased truths:

"#Poland [alternative read: 👉"the #US under #Trump,] in short, may be poised to turn into a Potemkin democracy, an empty simulacrum of genuine self-government. And that once again reveals the alarming brittleness of democracy, with even the most vaunted democratic success stories deeply vulnerable to authoritarian capture.👈

"To...

Exactly my point.

Re/ women's rights and abortion, I saw an interesting analysis piece (The Atlantic?) in about 2022 that stated that #Poland had become a "testing ground" for right-wing laws like extreme limits on #abortion for the international right, chiefly dominated by GQP "think tanks" aka pressure groups like the #FederalistSociety.

(Possibly this article;

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Full text:

archive.is/mSmnY

@GreenFire

Poland’s Experiment in Illiberal Democracy

The remarkable staying power of populist governments—thanks in part to their willingness to bend the rule of law—is a warning to America.

^{Yascha Mounk (The Atlantic)}

#Polish #Defense spending

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...spending has been ever more insane in comparison to other expenditures, in particular climate change* and healthcare, for instance, 👉#Poland still spends even more than the US on defense (now.)

So, clearly, they are, apart from the #Baltic states that have been warning ⚠️ of the #Kremlin threat for years, *the* country in Europe, that has started to prepare against an...

#Polish #Defense spending

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Ah, now I understand.

I think you're not doing the #Poles justice, Kevin.

They have seen the signs in contrast to most European and GQP party members as well:

Among #NATO member states, #Poland is now outspending all others, even the #US, measured fairly, as a share of GDP. 1) (see screenshot)

What is more, they're the only member state to have adjusted that target to 4.7% of GDP in...

1)
nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/as…

2)
reuters.com/world/europe/polan…

#Poland President Duda responded to calls from some Western politicians who say #Ukraine should accept the loss of certain territories:

If you are so generous to Russia, why not give a piece of your land? Why should any sovereign country satisfy Russia? On what grounds does Russia deserve something — especially someone else’s territory?

Original: prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/wypow… (in Polish, but originally appeared in The Sunday Times in English)

Maków Podhalański, #Poland

An aerial view of trees under a morning fog and lit by the sunrise of a golden autumn morning.

Photograph: Omar Marques/Anadolu/Getty Images

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#autumn

*** - ANDRZEJ BERLOWSKI & KHALID BARZANJI - Winter pictures in Poland - *** ( Guitar music )

youtube.com/watch?v=9YNmmuQLGP…

#Poland
#landscapes
#winter

#Autumn

By Andrzej Berlowski

via fravery

*** NATURE IN POLAND - ANDRZEJ BERLOWSKI - *** ( Landscapes - Saxophone music )

youtube.com/watch?v=0Rly-xmKmz…

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#Poland