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Back on track: Train buffs raise cash to restore ‘protest train at heart of June 1976 strikes’

Members of the Railway Sympathisers Club in Wrocław are raising money to renovate the historical locomotive known by its number, the EP05-22. Klub Sympatyków Kolei we Wrocławiu

A silent witness to the violent protests that took place on June 25 as workers took to the streets to demand an end to price increases, the EPO5-22 became caught up in the scuffles when strikers pushed it with their bare hands onto a section of dismantled track.

Prosecutors plan to strip Left MP of immunity

Prosecutors have requested the speaker of the lower of house of parliament to strip an MP of her parliamentary immunity over an incident related to abortion protest.

President commemorates workers fallen in 1970 protests

The Polish president has paid tribute to dozens of workers killed by communist police and soldiers during mass protests in 1970 in Baltic-coast cities, saying that the blood shed that day had helped to give birth to a “free Poland”.

Freedom achieved through struggle with communist occupier - PM

Poland's prime minister speaking on the 50th anniversary of the December 1970 worker protests said that memory about those who shed their blood for a free Poland should not be forgotten.

Women's Strike ends Sunday protest

The Women's Strike organisation ended its Sunday protest in Warsaw shortly after 3:00 p.m. The demonstration was one in a series of ongoing protests against a constitutional court ruling tightening abortion laws.

Farmers protest in Warsaw, demand government support

Polish farmers, members of the Agrounia union, staged a protest in the Polish capital early on Saturday demanding support for the strained agriculture industry.

Warsaw mayor concerned by use of gas by police

The mayor of Warsaw, has described the use of pepper spray by police on protestors at a recent abortion demonstration in the capital as “incomprehensible”.

Women's Strike stage more countrywide protests

Thousands of people took to the streets across Poland on Saturday to protest against plans to increase the country's abortion restrictions.

Opposition parties want Kaczyński to go

Four opposition parties in Poland's parliament have called for Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, to be sacked as deputy prime minister over his handling of recent street protests.

Protests against abortion ban backed by vast majority of Poles

Seventy percent of Poles support the ongoing mass street demonstrations against the top court ruling which would see almost all abortions made illegal in Poland, a recent survey by the Kantar pollster shows.

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