In the post-truth era, Polish government is trying to convince us that it needs to chop down a forest to protect it.


Michael Marder is Ikerbasque research professor of philosophy at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) in Spain and professor-at-large at the... Humanities Institute, Diego Portales University (UDP), in Chile. His latest book is Energy Dreams: Of Actuality (2017).
In the post-truth era, Polish government is trying to convince us that it needs to chop down a forest to protect it.

Will other southern European countries heed the Greek call for resistance to non-democratic rule?
![Greek voters have rejected the suffocating measures foisted upon them, writes Marder [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/20141229111143787734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
While unity was on parade in Paris, Netanyahu brought with him discord and old rifts.
![Netanyahu takes part with dozens of foreign leaders in a solidarity march in the streets of Paris [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015112104724234734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The Israeli government is dropping the pretense of balancing the state’s Jewish and democratic natur
![Palestinians pray in front of Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound [Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/2014112471739176734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Should Europeans ‘keep calm’ and conform to the status quo?
!['Keep calm' slogans have been widely used in a variety of merchandise [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/201465105344190734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
In the age of austerity, the life of an entire generation across Southern Europe is devalued.
![Poverty in Southern Europe has reached new highs [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/20142784225545734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
To criticise Zionism means to demand justice for its victims.
!["The conflation of Zionism and Judaism is a gross mistake," writes Marder [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013112312376209734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Peace between Israel and Palestine can only be achieved through a radical strategic overhaul, writes author.

Portugal needs to switch to a knowledge-intensive economy to overcome the current crisis.

If plants are like “the lower animals”, then they are animals that grow upside-down and inside-out, writes author.
