In December 2018, we told our readers what Christian Davies was doing with The Guardian in Lubartów?
We talked for a long time about what we do and how we operate in a small town in the Lublin region.
He read the newspaper of the "government", walked around the city and visited the City Hall in Lubartów with us. The journalist spent several hours with us. He asked many questions, some of the answers he found quite incomprehensible. When we boasted that 12 councilors made contacts available to us at the first session, for us it was "up", and for him "only". And here we have often improved ;)
Our visit to the Office was a hit or miss. We were not sure if we would be able to meet the new Mayor, Krzysztof Paśnik. Managed to! We waited in the office for our turn and finally talked for over an hour. Of course, we talked about politics and transparency in public life.
On the way to the station, we took a coffee to the Italian Robot. After all, Lubartów, these are offices, authorities, activists, churches, Italian Robota Pizzeria , shopping malls, old nursery, In the Gate , ... etc. e.t.c.
What impressions? Poland is not only the Warsaw truth. Social and civic activists face various problems. We know that things are different in big cities. We can read about the problems of these organizations in the national media. What about the rest?
Today we can introduce our readers to a text that Christian Davies wrote after talking to us and more:
Poland's democratic spring: the fightback starts here
