In Poland, public funding is given to those threatening liberal democracy
Justyna Kajta Public financing is contributing to the rise of the far right in Poland. In May 2021 the country’s Ministry of Culture, National Heritage and Sports announced the results of a competition for funding cultural and scientific periodicals. More magazines with a right-wing, conservative, nationalist or Catholic stance receiving funds than left-wing or liberal-oriented ones. One of the beneficiaries is Poland’s National Social Institute, which publishes ‘National Politics’ ( Polityka Narodowa), described by Press magazine as ‘a quarterly journal of nationalists associated w...