Recent successes of Polish urban movement suggest that people are ready for a different way of pract
![Urban movement campaign led to residents of Lodz deciding on how a portion of the city's budget gets disbursed [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/201412982146569734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Recent successes of Polish urban movement suggest that people are ready for a different way of pract
![Urban movement campaign led to residents of Lodz deciding on how a portion of the city's budget gets disbursed [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/201412982146569734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
What does Poland’s CIA prison tell us about the state of democracy in the country?
![The CIA ran a secret prison in Stare Kiejkuty village in northern Poland [Reugers]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20148681232482734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The fallout of a wiretapping scandal involving leading Polish politicians threatens freedom of speech.
![On June 18 the office of Wprost magazine was raided by the Polish police [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014629212531895734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
What Poland has and has not achieved since the fall of communism.
![Economic grievances have transformed into support for the far-right in Poland, argues Stokfiszewski [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2014631135276734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)