Sławomir Sierakowski

Born in 1979, Sławomir Sierakowski is a Polish sociologist and political commentator. He is a founder and leader of Krytyka Polityczna (Political Critique), an Eastern European movement of liberal intellectuals, artists and activists, with branches in Ukraine and Russia. He is also the director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Warsaw and the president of the Stanislaw Brzozowski Association, overseeing its publishing house, its online opinion site, cultural centers in Warsaw, Gdansk, Lodz and Cieszyn, in Poland, and in Kiev, Ukraine, and 20 local clubs.

Central and Eastern Europe, Opinion, Poland

The Return of Jarosław Kaczyński

Jarosław Kaczyński’s Law and Justice party is back in power, after receiving 37.6% of the vote in last weekend’s general election and soundly defeating the incumbent Civic Platform.

Sławomir SierakowskiOctober 29, 2015, 9:50 amJanuary 16, 2016

European Union, World

Benhabib: Nobody wants to be a refugee

The language of mass migration and invasion produces morally and politically charged terms that create fear, which does not enable us to think rationally, calmly, and morally about the refugee crisis.

Sławomir SierakowskiSeptember 21, 2015, 7:33 amSeptember 5, 2016

Editorial, Opinion, Poland

The materialist turn in Polish politics

Could two surprising new political parties – Noweczesna.pl and Razem – shake up the conservative political system in Poland?

Sławomir SierakowskiAugust 13, 2015, 12:33 pmSeptember 5, 2016

Poland's newly-elected president Andrzej Duda

Central and Eastern Europe, Opinion, Poland

Sierakowski: Low-calibre politician became the new president of Poland

Rebel Without a Cause – how a former rock star Paweł Kukiz empowered newly-elected head of state, Andrzej Duda.

Sławomir SierakowskiMay 26, 2015, 2:37 pmJanuary 20, 2016

Poland

Polish presidential election: the Left decides which Right wins

The Left is confronted by a serious debate on how to behave in the second round. Does it make sense to participate in a race between two conservatives?

Sławomir SierakowskiMay 19, 2015, 12:08 pmJanuary 18, 2016

Talk Real

Žižek and Sierakowski at the IWM

Slavoj Žižek: What does it mean to be a great thinker today?

Sławomir SierakowskiMay 6, 2015, 10:15 amMay 19, 2015

Long reads, World

Žižek: Utopia and Its Discontents

Slawomir Sierakowski interviews Slavoj Žižek. This article originally appeared in “Los Angeles Review of Books”.

Sławomir SierakowskiFebruary 24, 2015, 1:00 pmJanuary 29, 2016

Life in Skoda’s Factory Town

Czechia, Slovakia, and some lessons learned

Czechia loses a voice, a university tries to lose its voice, and the PM voices a complaint

Abortions, amnesties and accusations: September in Czech and Slovak politics

Moving a statue the Czech way

The Future of European Gender Politics

Orbán sides with Erdoğan against the thousands of Hungarians protesting in solidarity with Rojava

Behind Viktor Orbán’s Surprise Defeat

Doomed to Failure: Orban’s neoconservative family policies in Hungary

Pockets of resistance in Orbán’s Hungary

Poland’s Changing Climate Activists

Under Attack: Reproductive Rights in Poland

Hope and Fear in LGBT Poland

Political Cynicism: The Case of Poland

Poland’s Future: A view from the countryside

Czechia, Slovakia, and some lessons learned

Abortions, amnesties and accusations: September in Czech and Slovak politics

Slovakia: Restricted cinema in the era of economic transformation

The White Dream of Marian Kotleba

Where are you going, Slovakia?

BLACK CLOUD – KYIV BIENNIAL 2019

What Europe Does Ukraine need?

Different languages and symbols but still our common fight

A New Lexicon for a New International

Against National Vigilante