Tag: Politics

Seattle Rally Against the War in Ukraine

The Ukrainian Association of Washington State (UAWS) is inviting everybody, but especially Ukrainian neighbors, such as people from Poland to a Seattle rally against the war in Ukraine. The rally will be held at the Space Needle from the KOMO plaza side. The Russian unprovoked attack on Ukraine rattled Poles

Movie “Battle of Warsaw 1920”

The Polish Cultural Center and the Seattle Polish Film Festival present the movie Battle of Warsaw 1920 / 1920 Bitwa Warszawska (115′), directed by Jerzy Hoffman and starring Daniel Olbrychski as Józef Piłsudski. In Polish with English subtitles. This 2011 film depicts the pivotal moment of the Polish-Bolshevik war of

Anti-Gender Politics And Right-Wing Populism in Poland

This event was rescheduled from February 10, 2021. The UW Henry Jackson School of International Studies presents a lecture Anti-Gender Politics And Right-Wing Populism in Poland by Elżbieta Korolczuk. Dr. Korolczuk is an Associate Professor of sociology at the Södertörn University in Stockholm and American Studies Center at Warsaw University.

Polish Book Club: “Matka Polka”

The book for the meeting is Matka Polka by Anne Applebaum and Paweł Potoroczyn. It is an extensive interview that Applebaum agreed to do with Potoroczyn, a friend she shares many common interests with. Applebaum is a Pulitzer winning author (for Gulag: a History), who published several books, essays and