Przegląd (, English: ''Review'') is a weekly
Polish
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news and opinion magazine published in
Warsaw
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, Poland.
History and profile
''Przegląd'' was started in 1990
as the successor of another weekly, ''Przegląd Tygodniowy'', which had been published since 1982. The Editor-in-chief is
Jerzy Domański.
Editorial board:
Krystyna Kofta, ,
Piotr Gadzinowski
Piotr Gadzinowski (; born 16 May 1957 in Częstochowa) is a Polish leftist politician. He was elected to Sejm
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,
Bronisław Łagowski.
Aleksander Małachowski
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and
Stanisław Lem
Stanisław Herman Lem (; 12 September 1921 – 27 March 2006) was a Polish writer. He was the author of many novels, short stories, and essays on various subjects, including philosophy, futurology, and literary criticism. Many of his science fi ...
published in ''Przegląd''.
Editorial stance
''Przegląd'' is a
left-wing
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publication,
and is considered to be connected with two Polish left-wing political parties,
the
Democratic Left Alliance Democratic Left Alliance may refer to:
* Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)
The Democratic Left Alliance () was a social democracy, social-democratic list of political parties in Poland, political party in Poland. It was formed on 9 July 1991 as ...
and
Labour Union
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. It has been critical of the policies of all post-communist governments, and is opposed to the
monetarist
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policies that were instituted by Polish economist and finance minister
Leszek Balcerowicz
Leszek Henryk Balcerowicz (pronounced ; born 19 January 1947) is a Polish economist, statesman, and Professor at Warsaw School of Economics. He served as Chairman of the National Bank of Poland (2001–2007) and twice as Deputy Prime Minister of ...
. The magazine was a vocal opponent of Poland's military presence in
Iraq
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, and remains a persistent critic of the role that the
Catholic Church
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plays in the social and political life of Poland.
See also
*
List of magazines in Poland
The following is a list of notable current and defunct magazines in Poland. In the country, there are also English-language magazines in addition to those published in Polish language, Polish.
In terms of frequency, the Polish magazines are mostly ...
References
External links
''Przegląd'' website
1990 establishments in Poland
Magazines established in 1990
Magazines published in Warsaw
News magazines published in Poland
Polish-language magazines
Weekly magazines published in Poland
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