Gazeta Polska
{{Short description|Polish weekly newspaper (1993–)}}
{{About|the modern magazine|the interwar newspaper in the Second Polish Republic|Gazeta Polska (1929–1939)||Gazeta Polska (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox magazine
| title = Gazeta Polska
| category = Political magazine
| frequency = Weekly
| founded = {{start date and age|1993}}
| company = Niezależne Wydawnictwo Polskie Sp z o.o.
| language = Polish
| circulation = 96,246 (October 2016)
| based = Warsaw
| editor = Tomasz Sakiewicz
| editor_title = Chief editor
| editor_title2 = Political alignment
| editor2 = right-wing populist to far-right, conservative
| ISSN = 1230-4581
| website = [http://www.gazetapolska.pl/ Official website]
}}
Gazeta Polska (lit.: Polish Newspaper) is a Polish language pro-United Right right-wing populist to far-right weekly magazine published in Poland.
Profile and history
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Gazeta Polska was founded in 1993 and its editor-in-chief is Tomasz Sakiewicz. Its contributors include: Piotr Lisiewicz, Jacek Kwieciński, Eliza Michalik, Robert Tekieli, Krystyna Grzybowska, Maciej Rybiński, Jacek Łęski, Piotr Semka, Jerzy Targalski, Marcin Wolski, Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski (2011–2014) and Rafał A. Ziemkiewicz.{{citation needed|date=July 2012}}
The print and e-edition circulation of Gazeta Polska was 40,660 in August 2014.{{cite web|title=Circulation of dailies|url=https://www.teleskop.org.pl/zkdp/publicPackage.xls?P=523&ln=en|work=Teleskop|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-date=14 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214142038/https://www.teleskop.org.pl/zkdp/publicPackage.xls?P=523&ln=en|url-status=dead}}
The description of its political orientation ranges from conservative{{cite web|url=http://www.worldpress.org/newspapers/EUROPE/Poland.cfm|title=Poland - World Newspapers and Magazines - Worldpress.org|website=www.worldpress.org}} to right-wing,{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZHATHfMo7gC&dq=right-wing+%22Gazeta+Polska%22&pg=PA147|title=Press freedom and pluralism in Europe|first1= Andrea|last1=Czepek|first2= Melanie|last2= Hellwig|first3=Eva |last3=Nowak|publisher=University of Chicago|year=2006|isbn=978-1-84150-243-4|page=147}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olpKYhgrS48C&dq=right-wing+%22Gazeta+Polska%22&pg=PA364|title=Totalitarian and authoritarian regimes in Europe|first1= Jerzy W.|last1= Borejsza|first2= Klaus|last2= Ziemer|publisher=Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Science|year=2006|isbn=1-57181-641-0|page=364}}[http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,459791,00.html An End to the Lies: The Polish Church’s Secret Past] Der Spiegel, 16 January 2007.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3669427.stm The press in Poland] BBC news 29 April 2004 extreme right-wing{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NcVAAQAAIAAJ&q=+%22Gazeta+Polska%22|title=IPI report 1996|year=1996|publisher=International Press Institute|page=77}} and nationalist{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6HI5Bbn9e8sC&dq=right-wing+%22Gazeta+Polska%22&pg=PA89|title=The crosses of Auschwitz, nationalism and religion in post-communist Poland|first1= Geneviève|last1= Zubrzycki|author-link1=Geneviève Zubrzycki|publisher=University of Chicago|year=2006|isbn=978-0-226-99303-4|page=89}} on the far-right.{{cite news|title=An Archbishop Falls to a Witch-hunt|magazine=Time|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1574882,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070112025424/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1574882,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2007|access-date=19 October 2008|date=7 January 2007|author=Andrew Purvis}} Gazeta Polska is said to offer "a good representation of the sympathies of PiS supporters".
Gazeta Polska maintains a number of clubs (Kluby Gazety Polskiej), which are located not only in Poland, but also abroad, in places where Polonia is present (Chicago, New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Leeds, Vancouver, Frankfurt, Berlin, Sydney).[http://www.klubygp.pl/kluby.php Official list of Gazeta Polska clubs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222051931/http://www.klubygp.pl/kluby.php |date=2012-02-22 }}, Retrieved 17 March 2012 The clubs organise meetings with writers, politicians and public figures, rallies and demonstrations. On 15 March 2012 Gazeta Polska organized "The Great Trip to Hungary" (Wielki wyjazd na Węgry). A reserved train left Warsaw Central Station, stopping on the way to Hungary at Radom, Kielce, Kraków, Tarnów and Nowy Sącz. Altogether, 3,000 people went to Budapest, to demonstrate in support of Viktor Orbán.{{cite web|url=http://www.wiadomosci24.pl/artykul/budapeszt_wielki_wyjazd_polskiej_prawicy_na_swieto_wegier_228061--1.html|title=Budapeszt. "Wielki Wyjazd" polskiej prawicy na święto Węgier|first=Stanisław|last=Cybruch|date=16 March 2012|work=Wiadomosci24}}
On 1 March 2019, French minister of Higher Education Frédérique Vidal complained to the Polish government for the fact that the New Polish School of Holocaust Scholarship seminar held at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, in Paris, has been roughly disrupted "on a very organized manner" by Polish activists for the "Gazeta Polska" weekly. Vidal further stated that Polish state representatives (Institute of National Remembrance) supported the disruption.[http://www.rfi.fr/europe/20190301-france-interpelle-pologne-colloque-shoah-pertrubations-nationalistes Colloquium on the Shoah disturbed in Paris: France challenges Poland], AFP (Radio France Internationale reprint), 1 March 2019, [https://www.lzb.lt/en/2019/03/02/france-calls-on-warsaw-to-condemn-disruption-of-holocaust-conference/ English translation at lzb.lt]
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In 2019, Gazeta Polska announced plans to distribute stickers proclaiming an "LGBT-free zone" to its readers. Gazeta Polska said it would include the stickers, which feature an image of a black cross over a Pride flag alongside the slogan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/europe/gazeta-polska-anti-lgbt-stickers-scli-intl/index.html|title=Magazine to give out 'LGBT-free zone' stickers to readers|author=Rob Picheta|website=CNN|date=19 July 2019 |access-date=20 July 2019}} On 25 July, a District Court in Warsaw ordered the Gazeta Polska weekly to withdraw the anti-LGBT stickers from circulation.{{cite news|url=https://www.tvn24.pl/tvn24-news-in-english,157,m/polish-court-tells-right-wing-paper-to-remove-lgbt-free-zone-stickers,955915.html |title=Court orders conservative magazine to withdraw issue with anti-gay stickers|access-date=26 July 2019}}[https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/08/01/polish-court-rebukes-lgbt-free-zone-stickers Polish Court Rebukes “LGBT-Free Zone” Stickers], HRW, 1 August 2019 However, the editor of the magazine dismissed the ruling saying it was "fake news" and censorship, and that the paper would continue distributing the sticker.[https://www.politico.eu/article/lgbt-rights-polish-paper-dismisses-court-ruling-on-lgbt-free-zone-stickers/ Polish magazine dismisses court ruling on ‘LGBT-free zone’ stickers], Politico, 26 July 2019 Gazeta Polska continued distribution of the stickers, but modified the decal to read "LGBT Ideology-Free Zone".{{cite web|date=1 August 2019|title=Polish Court Rebukes "LGBT-Free Zone" Stickers|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/08/01/polish-court-rebukes-lgbt-free-zone-stickers|website=Human Rights Watch}}
In July 2020, Empik, Poland's largest media chain, refused to stock Gazeta Polska after it issued the stickers.{{Cite web|last=Luxmoore|first=Jonathan|date=August 19, 2019|title=Church in Poland continues confrontation with the LGBTQ community|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/church-poland-continues-confrontation-lgbtq-community|access-date=August 19, 2019|website=National Catholic Reporter}} In August 2019, a show organized by the Gazeta Polska Community of America scheduled for 24 October in Carnegie Hall in New York was cancelled after complaints of anti-LGBT ties led to artists pulling out of the show.{{cite news|last=Maher|first=Jake|date=26 August 2019|title=Carnegie Hall Concert Linked To Anti-LGBT Magazine Canceled|newspaper=Newsweek|url=https://www.newsweek.com/carnegie-hall-anti-lgbt-gazeta-polska-1456199}}{{cite web|last=Fitzsimons|first=Tim|date=26 August 2019|title=Group connected to 'LGBT-Free Zone' newspaper cancels Carnegie Hall event|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/group-connected-lgbt-free-zone-newspaper-cancels-carnegie-hall-event-n1046376|website=NBC News}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.gazetapolska.pl/ Official website]
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