Why Young Polish People Went To Protest Against the Judiciary Reform

For many years, young Polish citizens did not engage in protests. Kaja Puto, who belongs to that generation, explains why it has changed this summer. Her essay begins as an explanatory piece but ends a powerful and rather emotional manifesto of the young polish protesters -- "left-wingers, liberals and those conservatives who are not pleased with PiS's assault of courts. The young and the old."

According to her, the technocratic government that Poland had in the 90s and early 2000s failed to get the young people engaged in politics. Their unrealistic promises of prosperity, disregard for workers rights, and overly pragmatic, unappealing policies, have eventually provided fertile ground for the far-right parties like PiS, who won the last election. In the last years, many people have spoken against the PiS policies, and in October 2016, tens of thousands of women took to the streets to protest a complete abortion ban.

Now, after President Duda vetoed two of the bills making the reform, the biggest question is whether the people will leave the streets.