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Dzisiaj prosimy Was o wsparcie nie nas, a naszych przyjaciół. Marta to oficer i medyk pola walki w batalionie systemów bezzałogowych 63 Brygady. Bojowy szlak jej i jej kolegów wiódł przez Mariupol i Bachmut, ale na wojnie jest jeszcze od czasów ATO. Mogliście ją poznać z materiałów @Aldohartwinska . Aktualnie rozrastają się z kompanii do szczebla batalionu, potrzebując przede wszystkim pojazdów. Raz, bo co chwilę przeciwnik jakieś niszczy. Dwa, bo potrzebny porządny samochód w automacie. Dlaczego w automacie? Wyobraźcie sobie, że w grupie działają osoby, które na wojnie straciły kończyny. Straciły i wróciły na front. Samochód z automatyczną skrzynią biegów umożliwi im łatwiejsze poruszanie się tym samochodem na pozycje. Skuteczność drapieżnych ptaków 63 brygady zależy od Waszych serc i Waszego wsparcia! https://t.co/RcWintIby3 #wsparcie #wojna #pomoc

Skrót info ze świata 🌎 6 września - 🐸Żappsy wygasną. Nowy program Żabki od XI -🇨🇳 Chiny: 80% wzrost importu węgla koksowego r/r -⚓️🇺🇸 Iran atakuje balistykami lotniskowiec USA - 🇺🇦 1600 dni wojny na Ukrainie - ⛔️Nie ma giełdy w USA jutro. Dzień Pracy - ₿ 15 lat temu Bitcoin = 8$ -🇷🇺 Putin: pauza uderzeń na Kijów od północy -🚬rząd planuje wyższą akcyzę od e-papierosów -🇨🇳 Prezydent Chin Xi 24 września w Waszyngtonie -👟NIKE wyleci z S&P 100 po 18 latach -🇮🇳 zapasy węgla w Indiach najniższe od 4 lat -🇮🇹 Meloni we Włoszech premierem najdłużej od 1945 - 🇮🇷 wymiana ognia w Ormuz : USA- Iran - 🇷🇺 delegacja USA spotkała się z Putinem. Ukraina -🥇 Marże kopalń złota +134% r/r w Q1 -🇯🇵 Japonia pracuje nad satelitami nadzoru z AI -🇮🇷 Iran Parlament: „wojna egzystencjalna z USA” - 🇺🇦 Zełenski: 3 dni nie będziemy uderzać w Moskwę -⚖️ Sędzia USA: nie ma czystej wody w Konstytucji -FT: zapasy diesla w krajach G20 bliskie wyczerpania -🇨🇩 Kongo przenosi ambasadę w Izraelu do Jerozolimy - 🇷🇺 Putin: sytuacja „nie jest prosta”. Negocjacje -🇺🇸 CENTCOM: Iran odpalił balistyki na 2 okręty USA - CIA: Iran może ciągnąć wojnę do wyborów w USA - Dzień Walki z Prokrastynacją. ( Jutro. Jutro będzie o tym żart 🙃) #Świat #Wiadomości #Polityka

Niby jego obowiązkiem było wygrać, ale zrobił to w kapitalnym stylu, deklasując Hookera. Chyba wszystkie lowy zblokował, szybki jak błyskawica. No i mieszanie kopnięć na wszystkich poziomach, majsterszyk. Nieprzypadkowo Hooker walczył na początku z mańkuta. Maxa teraz nie dostanie, bo Max gruba ryba i syty kot - po Conorze nie będzie walczył z Saladynem. Ale jeszcze jedna wygrana z kimś z Top 10 / Top 5 i Saladyn może celować w sam szczyt. #MMA #Sport #Walki

❗️ GDAŃSK SZCZĘŚLIWY! ⚪️🔴 Reprezentacja Polski wygrywa właśnie w ostatnim meczu sezonu reprezentacyjnego 2026 przed własną publicznością (4-0) z reprezentacją Finlandii. ✅️ Dla biało-czerwonych było to również ostatnie spotkanie towarzyskie przed rozpoczynającym się w przyszłym tygodniu turniejem Mistrzostw Europy. Wszyscy w naszym zespole zdrowi i gotowi do walki o obronę tytułu na starym kontynencie i awans na igrzyska olimpijskie. Przed nami najważniejszy akt tegorocznego sezonu reprezentacyjnego. Miejmy nadzieję, że będzie to piękny wrzesień❗️ Foto: @KLukawski #gangłysego #Polska #MistrzostwaEuropy #Reprezentacja

POLE POSITION do wyścigu 2 I PIERWSZA LINIA do wyścigu 1! 🔥🔥 Cały sezon czekaliśmy i w końcu jest! Najlepsze kwalifikacje w sezonie w najważniejszym momencie walki o mistrzowski tytuł 💪🏼 Zarywajcie noc, dajcie znać znajomym i koniecznie włączajcie Tymek TV i Motowizję o 00:30 na wyścig numer 1! #wyścigi #motorsport #kwalifikacje

Before the war with Iran started, the average price of diesel in the USA was about $3.76 per gallon. It has since increased by more than 55% over six months. The main reason is the situation in the global oil market. Fighting in the Middle East has led to supply disruptions and (translated)

Pan komentator podczas UFC powiedział że czarna seria Polskich zawodników w największej federacji na świecie trwa. Ja się nie do końca z tym zgadzam. Każdy z nas, Gamer, Janek, czy też moja skromna osoba, rywalizowała z zawodnikami ze ścisłego topu i musieliśmy tam dojść wygrywając po drodze kolejne walki. Trzeba o tym pamiętać, będzie dobrze. Czy husaria się kiedyś poddała bez walki ? 😳❤️😀 Pozdrawiam Was przyjaciele i życzę miłego weekendu. #UFC #Polska #MMA

The Psychologist – The British Psychological Society – Quando i Muri Diventano Benessere SOURCE: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/psychologist-british-psychological-society-when-sardella-ph-d--jl9df/ Dr Luciano Magaldi Sardella e il Professor Matteo Mantuano parlano di come lo "Stramurales International Street Art Festival" e l'arte di strada partecipativa transforma la salute mentale urbana. Link: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/when-walls-become-wellness The Psychologist, The British Psychological Society by esteemed Dr. Joe Sutton, Head of Science Communication at BPS. Contenuto dell’articolo In un torrido pomeriggio del giugno 2018, ci trovavamo nella piazza centrale di Stornara, una piccola città agricola della Puglia, nel Sud Italia, ad assistere a qualcosa di straordinario. L'artista locale Lino Lombardi stava facilitando un acceso dibattito tra i residenti su quali progetti murali avrebbero dovuto ornare i muri fatiscenti della loro città. Ciò che ci colpì non fu l'arte in sé, bensì la trasformazione che vedemmo negli occhi di persone che, solo pochi mesi prima, avevano descritto la loro città natale come un luogo da cui fuggire. Erano individui che reclamavano la propria narrazione, votavano sul proprio futuro, dipingendo letteralmente sopra decenni di declino. Siamo psicologi ambientali e di comunità che hanno trascorso oltre un decennio a studiare come gli ambienti costruiti plasmino i risultati in termini di salute mentale. La ricerca del Dottor Luciano Magaldi Sardella si concentra sugli interventi artistici partecipativi nelle comunità rurali in declino, mentre il Professor Matteo Mantuano è specializzato nei meccanismi psicologici dell'empowerment comunitario e dell'agentività collettiva. Quando venimmo a conoscenza del festival Stramurales all'inizio del 2018, riconoscemmo in esso una rara opportunità di osservare l'arte urbana partecipativa come potenziale strumento per affrontare la crisi della salute mentale che affligge le città in via di spopolamento del Sud Italia. Nel corso degli ultimi sette anni abbiamo condotto un'ampia ricerca sul campo a Stornara — intervistando i residenti, documentando l'evoluzione del festival e analizzando i suoi impatti psicologici e sociali. Ciò che abbiamo trovato a Stornara era qualcosa di ben più significativo di un'innovativa iniziativa artistica guidata dalla comunità. Era la psicologia ambientale in azione — che ridefiniva la nostra comprensione del rapporto tra ambienti costruiti, arti partecipative e salute mentale. La Crisi Nascosta alla Vista di Tutti Ricerche recenti rivelano un'allarmante convergenza di crisi ambientali e della salute mentale che rimane curiosamente poco esaminata nel discorso psicologico. La ricerca sulla salute mentale riceve appena il 2,3 per cento dei finanziamenti complessivi del National Institute of Health. Non possiamo sapere quanta parte di questi riguardi i nostri ambienti — sia naturali che costruiti — che plasmano in modo fondamentale il nostro benessere psicologico. Il campo di recente proposta denominato "EnvironMental Health" sottolinea che il deterioramento degli ambienti costruiti correla significativamente con stress elevato, isolamento sociale e peggioramento dei risultati in termini di salute mentale. Le comunità rurali del Sud Italia incarnano questa crisi. Tra il 2002 e il 2017, la regione del Sud Italia ha perso circa due milioni di residenti a causa della migrazione, prevalentemente giovani adulti tra i 15 e i 34 anni. Questo esodo ha creato ciò che Johan Galtung ha descritto come "violenza strutturale" — assetti sistematici che impediscono alle comunità di realizzare il proprio potenziale. Il tributo in termini di salute mentale si manifesta non solo in diagnosi individuali, ma nella disperazione collettiva, nell'erosione del capitale sociale e in comunità che guardano il proprio futuro emigrare letteralmente. Stornara esemplificava questa traiettoria. Nel 2017, questo comune di 6.000 abitanti affrontava la familiare spirale: la contrazione economica che precipitava l'emigrazione giovanile, accelerando il deterioramento delle infrastrutture e alimentando un ulteriore declino. I muri crollavano. Le attività commerciali chiudevano. La speranza evaporava. Poi qualcosa cambiò. La Rivoluzione Stramurales: Democrazia attraverso l'Arte Ciò che è emerso a Stornara trascende il convenzionale turismo culturale. Il Festival Internazionale di Street Art Stramurales opera attraverso tre meccanismi democratici fondamentali che lo distinguono dai superficiali progetti di abbellimento urbano. Organizzato attraverso Stornara Life APS — un'associazione a iscrizione aperta fondata dal Maestro Lino Lombardi — il festival previene la cattura elitaria attraverso la partecipazione volontaria dei proprietari degli immobili, garantendo l'assenza di coercizione; la selezione democratica dei contenuti attraverso la votazione annuale della comunità sui temi del festival e sulle proposte di murales; e una governance trasparente e inclusiva che dà a tutti i residenti voce in capitolo nella direzione del festival. Questa architettura partecipativa facilita ciò che l'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità descrive come "empowerment comunitario" — processi che consentono alle comunità di aumentare il controllo sui fattori determinanti che influenzano la loro salute. Recenti studi sul campo a Vienna dimostrano che gli interventi di arte urbana riducono stress e ansia migliorando al contempo gli stati d'umore, ma Stramurales va oltre, incorporando la creazione artistica all'interno di strutture decisionali democratiche. Quando i residenti offrono volontariamente i propri muri e votano sui contenuti, compiono atti di investimento materiale e psicologico. Questo ripristino dell'agentività collettiva — la convinzione che i residenti possano plasmare il futuro della propria città natale anziché limitarsi ad assistere al suo declino — affronta direttamente la violenza strutturale che erode la salute mentale. Tra il 2020 e il 2025, Stornara ha registrato un notevole incremento delle entrate turistiche nonostante le perturbazioni causate dalla pandemia. Nuove attività commerciali hanno aperto i battenti. Un emigrato originario di Stornara, tornato a malincuore nel 2017 per assistere i genitori anziani, lavora ora come guida turistica e descrive Stornara come "la città più bella d'Italia". Non si tratta semplicemente di indicatori economici. Sono risultati in termini di salute mentale. La Scienza alla Base della Trasformazione La ricerca contemporanea in molteplici discipline valida ciò che i residenti di Stornara sperimentano visceralmente. Una revisione sistematica del 2024, che ha esaminato 79 articoli sottoposti a revisione paritaria, ha identificato come i luoghi dell'arte — dai musei permanenti alle installazioni pubbliche temporanee — stimolino il coinvolgimento della comunità, rafforzino l'identità culturale e favoriscano la coesione sociale. I progetti murali guidati dalla comunità rafforzano specificamente l'identità e l'orgoglio locali, creando nuove routine che incoraggiano le persone a interagire e costruire relazioni. Una recente ricerca sperimentale condotta a Berlino ha rilevato che le mostre d'arte a livello del marciapiede hanno alterato significativamente il legame dei visitatori con il proprio quartiere e la loro soddisfazione nei suoi confronti, migliorando il benessere complessivo. Ciò si allinea con le teorie emergenti sull'impatto della fruizione artistica sulla salute mentale, che individua cinque meccanismi chiave: processi affettivi che regolano le emozioni e lo stress; processi cognitivi che forniscono stimolazione sensoriale e apprendimento; processi sociali che creano esperienze condivise; auto-trasformazione attraverso la riflessione; e costruzione della resilienza per affrontare le sfide. La ricerca in psicologia ambientale dimostra che gli ambienti costruiti operano come interventi terapeutici. Studi sulle strutture di degenza psichiatrica rivelano che gli elementi progettuali che influenzano privacy, controllo, accesso alla luce naturale e, in particolare, l'inclusione di opere d'arte hanno un impatto significativo sui risultati dei pazienti. Se i muri degli ospedali hanno importanza terapeutica, quanto più lo avranno i muri che incontriamo quotidianamente nelle nostre comunità? Il modello Stramurales sfrutta questi meccanismi attraverso il recente concetto di "visual health activism". Diversi murales affrontano esplicitamente temi legati alla salute e ai diritti umani: "Refuge for All Migrants" di Alaniz Niz rappresenta i lavoratori agricoli africani sfruttati; "Turning Our Backs on Migration" di Sabotaje al Montaje sfida le politiche escludenti; "African Child at Sunset" di Devil Art Design ritrae giovani migranti in cerca di un futuro dignitoso. Queste opere affrontano i determinanti sociali della salute attraverso la difesa dei diritti umani. Le politiche migratorie che negano i diritti fondamentali creano vulnerabilità sanitarie — tra cui accesso limitato all'assistenza sanitaria, condizioni di lavoro pericolose e trauma psicologico derivante dalla discriminazione. I murales svolgono una duplice funzione di salute pubblica: affrontano la salute mentale dei residenti, advocando al contempo per le popolazioni i cui diritti alla salute sono sistematicamente violati. Attaccamento alla Terra e Resilienza Comunitaria Il rapporto tra percezione ambientale, identità culturale e resilienza comunitaria ha ricevuto notevole attenzione accademica nel 2024-2025. Ricerche condotte nelle aree rurali della Cina dimostrano che la percezione ambientale degli spazi pubblici influenza la resilienza comunitaria attraverso gli effetti di mediazione concatenati dell'identità culturale e dell'attaccamento ai luoghi. Quando le comunità trasformano i propri ambienti fisici attraverso processi partecipativi, rafforzano simultaneamente i legami psicologici che costituiscono il fondamento della resilienza. Questo spiega perché Stramurales riesce laddove i tradizionali approcci allo sviluppo economico falliscono. Il festival non si limita a creare valore economico — sebbene oltre 150 murales di artisti internazionali attirino ormai migliaia di visitatori ogni anno. Ridefinisce fondamentalmente il rapporto dei residenti con il proprio ambiente, trasformando le narrative del declino in prove di vitalità. Ogni murale democraticamente selezionato diventa ciò che i ricercatori sulla resilienza chiamano un "ancora di speranza" — una prova tangibile che contraddice la disperazione. La teoria contemporanea della resilienza sottolinea che la forza risiede non soltanto nelle infrastrutture fisiche, ma nella coesione sociale. Una recente analisi del design urbano resiliente nei quartieri emarginati americani ha rilevato che il messaggio dei residenti — "Ci piacciono i nostri vicini, ci piace il carattere del luogo in cui viviamo" — rivelava che la resilienza riguarda fondamentalmente le persone e la comunità. Gli interventi progettuali hanno successo quando preservano e rafforzano questi legami sociali, anziché imporre visioni esterne. Stramurales incarna questo principio. I meccanismi di votazione democratica assicurano che l'arte rifletta i valori autentici della comunità, piuttosto che le preferenze degli artisti o dei curatori. Questo previene lo spostamento culturale che spesso accompagna la rigenerazione urbana, in cui i miglioramenti avvantaggiano i nuovi arrivati alienando al contempo i residenti preesistenti. Centrando l'agentività dei residenti, Stramurales costruisce quella che i ricercatori descrivono come "resilienza critica" — una capacità che affronta le disuguaglianze sottostanti anziché limitarsi ad adattarsi ad esse. Il Divario della Partecipazione e l'Accesso Universale Questi risultati risuonano profondamente con le preoccupazioni di lunga data riguardanti l'accessibilità alle arti. La Commissione Warwick del 2015 ha documentato che l'8 per cento più ricco e più istruito della popolazione britannica rappresentava il 44 per cento delle presenze ai concerti di musica dal vivo e il 28 per cento delle visite alle mostre di arte visiva. Questo divario nella partecipazione colpisce in modo particolare le comunità che trarrebbero il massimo beneficio dall'impegno artistico per la salute e il benessere. Ma Stramurales sfida questa narrativa. La street art come infrastruttura di salute pubblica non richiede biglietti d'ingresso, prenotazioni anticipate né capitale culturale per essere apprezzata. Esiste nei luoghi in cui le persone vivono, trasformando i tragitti quotidiani in incontri con la bellezza e il significato. Il processo di selezione democratica garantisce che l'accessibilità si estenda oltre la fruizione alla co-creazione — i residenti non si limitano a guardare l'arte, ma determinano ciò che appare sui propri muri. Ricerche recenti sulle arti partecipative e sulla coesione sociale sottolineano che gli interventi di successo condividono caratteristiche comuni: erogazione nelle comunità locali, approcci non stigmatizzanti, flessibilità, promozione del coinvolgimento sociale, coinvolgimento di mostre ed erogazione entro specifici archi temporali. Stramurales incorpora tutti questi elementi aggiungendo al contempo una genuine governance democratica. Questo è urgentemente rilevante. Le condizioni di salute mentale tra i giovani a livello mondiale sono in aumento, e i servizi tradizionali di salute mentale rimangono cronicamente sottofinanziati. Se non riusciamo a scalare gli interventi clinici per soddisfare la domanda, dobbiamo investire in approcci preventivi di salute pubblica che mirino ai determinanti sociali. Da Stornara al Mondo: Implicazioni per la Pratica Il modello Stramurales offre un modello replicabile che richiede un modesto investimento finanziario ma una sostanziale partecipazione comunitaria. Gli elementi essenziali includono: coinvolgimento volontario, processo decisionale democratico, uso strategico dei social media per il marketing e integrazione delle narrative locali con le pratiche artistiche globali. Diverse città hanno implementato varianti con risultati promettenti. La ricerca sugli interventi artistici negli spazi urbani in Europa e in Asia dimostra che i progetti d'arte partecipativa possono fungere da "social prescribing", migliorando la resilienza psicologica e potenziando il coinvolgimento pubblico. Gli approcci di "tactical urbanism" — interventi su piccola scala e a basso costo per migliorare gli spazi pubblici — incorporano sempre più l'arte come elemento centrale piuttosto che supplementare. Le implicazioni si estendono oltre le singole comunità. I quadri internazionali, tra cui il Patto Internazionale sui Diritti Economici, Sociali e Culturali, sanciscono i diritti alla salute e alla partecipazione culturale. Gli obblighi degli Stati di conservare, sviluppare e diffondere la cultura dovrebbero sostenere le iniziative culturali guidate dalla comunità che hanno un impatto dimostrabile sui risultati in termini di salute. Come sottolineano le analisi della governance pandemica, le future riforme della politica sanitaria devono affrontare non solo la preparazione biomedica, ma anche le vulnerabilità sottostanti nella resilienza comunitaria e nella coesione sociale. La street art che opera attraverso strutture partecipative rafforza direttamente queste dimensioni. Cosa gli Psicologi Possono Fare Abbiamo un ruolo da svolgere a molteplici livelli. In primo luogo, dobbiamo condurre ricerche che documentino gli impatti sulla salute mentale degli interventi artistici partecipativi. Sebbene esistano prove promettenti, studi metodologicamente rigorosi con campioni adeguati e follow-up a lungo termine rimangono scarsi. Abbiamo bisogno di disegni sperimentali, non solo di studi osservazionali, che esaminino i meccanismi attraverso i quali le trasformazioni ambientali influenzano i risultati psicologici. In secondo luogo, dovremmo sostenere politiche che riconoscano il coinvolgimento artistico come intervento sanitario. Ciò significa supportare il finanziamento della salute pubblica per le iniziative artistiche comunitarie, in particolare nelle aree economicamente depresse dove i tradizionali approcci allo sviluppo hanno fallito. Dovremmo collaborare con urbanisti, architetti e artisti per integrare le arti partecipative nella rigenerazione dei quartieri fin dall'inizio, non come ripensamenti successivi. In terzo luogo, dobbiamo garantire che gli interventi incarnino una partecipazione genuina piuttosto che una consultazione di facciata. Il modello Stramurales ha successo perché i residenti detengono un potere reale. Senza questo, gli interventi artistici rischiano di replicare le strutture di potere esistenti e di accelerare potenzialmente la gentrificazione che allontana le comunità che si propongono di servire. In quarto luogo, dovremmo adottare metodi di ricerca basati sulle arti che mettano al centro le voci della comunità. Approcci collaborativi come il teatro partecipativo, il photovoice e la poetica collaborativa permettono alle comunità di articolare le proprie esperienze e aspirazioni in modi che le tradizionali valutazioni psicologiche non riescono a cogliere. Questi metodi riconoscono che le comunità possiedono una competenza propria riguardo ai propri bisogni e alle potenziali soluzioni. Infine, dobbiamo collocare gli interventi artistici all'interno di quadri più ampi che affrontino la giustizia sociale. L'arte non dovrebbe funzionare come un "cerotto" che maschera le disuguaglianze sottostanti. Dovremmo invece sfruttare il potenziale dirompente delle arti per promuovere quella che i ricercatori definiscono "resilienza critica" — una capacità che sfida le ingiustizie sistemiche anziché limitarsi ad aiutare le persone ad adattarsi ad esse. Ciò significa affrontare non solo i sintomi (il disagio mentale) ma le cause (la violenza strutturale, l'abbandono economico, i fallimenti politici). Ripensare le Infrastrutture Sanitarie Pubbliche Il caso Stramurales impone una riconsiderazione fondamentale di cosa costituisca un'infrastruttura sanitaria. Immaginiamo tipicamente cliniche, ospedali, farmacie — istituzioni biomediche che erogano trattamenti per condizioni diagnosticate. Ma cosa succederebbe se l'intervento di salute mentale più efficace per una comunità in declino non fosse una nuova struttura psichiatrica, bensì processi democratici che consentano ai residenti di trasformare il proprio ambiente visivo? I muri ricoperti di arte selezionata democraticamente, creata attraverso una genuina partecipazione comunitaria, migliorano in modo dimostrabile la salute mentale della comunità operando al contempo i diritti culturali sanciti dal diritto internazionale. Il modesto investimento finanziario richiesto impallidisce di fronte ai costi dei servizi clinici che trattano il disagio prevenibile. Per le comunità che vivono il declino in cui i tradizionali approcci allo sviluppo economico hanno fallito, la street art partecipativa può offrire l'intervento di salute mentale più conveniente, accessibile e sostenibile disponibile. Non si tratta di romanticizzare l'arte o di sminuire le gravi malattie mentali che richiedono cure cliniche. Si tratta di riconoscere che la salute mentale della popolazione richiede di affrontare i determinanti sociali — e che le arti partecipative che prendono di mira gli ambienti costruiti, il capitale sociale e l'agentività collettiva affrontano direttamente questi determinanti. La domanda che la psicologia deve porsi non è se l'arte possa funzionare come intervento sanitario — Stramurales e le prove crescenti dimostrano che può farlo. Piuttosto, la domanda è se possediamo l'immaginazione per ripensare le infrastrutture sanitarie, riconoscendo che una promozione efficace della salute mentale può richiedere tanto il processo decisionale democratico e la partecipazione comunitaria quanto la competenza clinica. Mentre guardavamo i residenti di Stornara votare sui murales in quel pomeriggio di giugno, assistevamo a persone che esercitavano una capacità umana fondamentale troppo spesso negata nel nostro campo: il potere di plasmare il proprio ambiente e, attraverso quella creazione, di guarire. Forse questa è la lezione più vitale che Stramurales offre alla psicologia — che a volte l'intervento più terapeutico non è somministrato da professionisti, ma creato da comunità che reclamano la propria agentività… un muro selezionato democraticamente alla volta. Dr Luciano Magaldi Sardella holds a PhD in Cognitive Leadership at Aspire Institute, Harvard Business School. Professor Matteo Mantuano is Professor of Social Sciences and Psychoeducational Health, Unitré University of Milan, Italy. Photo: 'Kid trapped in a box' mural by Leticia Mandragora References: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (2017). Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing (2nd ed.). Belfiore, E. & Bennett, O. (2024). The social impact of the arts: An intellectual history. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Bone, J.K., Bu, F., Fluharty, M.E., Paul, E., Sonke, J.K. & Fancourt, D. (2024). Who engages in the arts in the United States? A comparison of several types of engagement using data from The General Social Survey. PLOS ONE, 19(1), e0296743. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296743 Chatterjee, H.J. & Noble, G. (2024). Museums, health and well-being: A preliminary report for Phase I. UCL Museums & Public Health Research Group. Cohen, G.D., Perlstein, S., Chapline, J., Kelly, J., Firth, K.M. & Simmens, S. (2006). The impact of professionally conducted cultural programs on the physical health, mental health, and social functioning of older adults. The Gerontologist, 46(6), 726–734. Daykin, N., Mansfield, L., Meads, C., Julier, G., Tomlinson, A., Payne, A., Grigsby Duffy, L., Lane, J., D'Innocenzo, G., Burnett, A., Kay, T., Dolan, P., Testoni, S. & Victor, C. (2024). What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults. Perspectives in Public Health, 138(1), 39–46. doi:10.1177/1757913917740391 Fancourt, D. & Finn, S. (2019). What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review. World Health Organization, Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report 67. Flores González, L.M. & Rodríguez Sánchez, I. (2024). The transformative power of art in marginalized communities: Case studies from Latin America. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 7(2), 145–167. Galtung, J. (1969). Violence, peace, and peace research. Journal of Peace Research, 6(3), 167–191. Hart, A., Gagnon, E., Eryigit-Madzwamuse, S., Cameron, J., Aranda, K., Rathbone, A. & Heaver, B. (2016). Uniting resilience research and practice with an inequalities approach. Sage Open, 6(4), 1–13. Johnson, H., Carson-Apstein, E., Banderob, S. & Macualay-Rettino, X. (2017). 'You kind of have to listen to me': Researching discrimination through poetry. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum Qualitative Social Research, 18(2). doi:10.17169/fqs-18.3.2864 Kaplan, S. (1995). The restorative benefits of nature: Toward an integrative framework. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 15(3), 169–182. Kim, J. (2017). Effects of community-based group music therapy for children exposed to ongoing child maltreatment and poverty in South Korea: A block randomized controlled trial. Arts Psychotherapy, 54, 69–77. doi:10.1016/j.aip.2017.01.001 Li, Y., Zhang, H. & Chen, T. (2024). Environmental perception, cultural identity and community resilience: Chain mediating effects of place attachment in rural China. Journal of Rural Studies, 98, 103– 115. Marmot, M., Atkinson, T., Bell, J., Black, C., Broadfoot, P., Cumberlege, J., Diamond, I., Gilmore, I., Ham, C., Meacher, M. & Mulgan, G. (2010). Fair society, healthy lives: The Marmot Review. Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post-2010. Mulligan, M., Scanlon, C. & Welch, N. (2008). Renegotiating community life: Arts, agency, inclusion and wellbeing. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 1, 99–115. doi:10.5130/ijcre.v1i0.591 Neelands, J., Belfiore, E., Firth, C., Hart, N., Perrin, L., Brock, S., Holdaway, D. & Woddis, J. (2015). Enriching Britain: Culture, creativity and growth. The 2015 Report by the Warwick Commission for the Future of Cultural Value. Packer, J. & Ballantyne, R. (2024). The role of museums and art galleries in promoting wellbeing: Insights from the United Kingdom and Australia. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 30(3), 234–251. Papies, E.K., Best, M., Gelibter, E. & Stroebe, W. (2024). The role of mental simulation in desire and motivation: A systematic review. Motivation Science, 10(1), 1–18. Pykett, A.A., Osborne, T., Resch, B., Nielek, R., Krukar, J. & Malleson, N. (2024). From smart to sustainable cities: The role of environmental psychology in urban transformation. Cities, 144, 104644. Roe, J. & Aspinall, P. (2024). The restorative benefits of walking in urban and rural settings in adults with good and poor mental health. Health & Place, 71, 102654. Stuckey, H.L. & Nobel, J. (2010). The connection between art, healing, and public health: A review of current literature. American Journal of Public Health, 100(2), 254–263. Theorell, T. (2024). Psychological health effects of musical experiences: Theories, studies and reflections in music health science. Stockholm: Springer Nature. Ulrich, R.S., Simons, R.F., Losito, B.D., Fiorito, E., Miles, M.A. & Zelson, M. (1991). Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environments. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 11(3), 201–230. Van den Berg, A.E., Wesselius, J.E., Maas, J. & Tanja-Dijkstra, K. (2024). Green space as a buffer between stressful life events and health: A longitudinal analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 310, 115270. WHO (2019). WHO housing and health guidelines. Geneva: World Health Organization. Zarobe, L. & Bungay, H. (2024). The role of arts activities in developing resilience and mental wellbeing in children and young people: A rapid review of the literature. Perspectives in Public Health, 137(6), 337–347. doi:10.1177/1757913917712283.

The Psychologist – The British Psychological Society – Quando i Muri Diventano Benessere

The Psychologist – The British Psychological Society – When Walls Become Wellness SOURCE: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/psychologist-british-psychological-society-when-walls-sardella-ph-d--pu8sf/ Dr Luciano Magaldi Sardella and Professor Matteo Mantuano on how ‘Stramurales Participatory Street Art’ transforms urban mental health. Link: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/when-walls-become-wellness The Psychologist, The British Psychological Society by esteemed Dr. Joe Sutton, Head of Science Communication at BPS Contenuto dell’articolo On a sweltering afternoon in June 2018, we stood in the central square of Stornara, a small agricultural town in Puglia, Southern Italy, watching something extraordinary unfold. Local artist Lino Lombardi was facilitating a heated discussion among residents about which mural designs should adorn their town's crumbling walls. What struck us wasn't the art itself, but the transformation we witnessed in the eyes of people who, just months before, had described their hometown as a place to escape. These were individuals reclaiming their narrative, voting on their future, literally painting over decades of decline. We are environmental and community psychologists who have spent over a decade studying how built environments shape mental health outcomes. Dr Luciano Magaldi Sardella's research focuses on participatory arts interventions in declining rural communities, while Professor Matteo Mantuano specialises in the psychological mechanisms of community empowerment and collective agency. When we first learned about the Stramurales festival in early 2018, we recognised it as a rare opportunity to observe participatory urban art as a potential tool for addressing the mental health crisis plaguing Southern Italy's depopulating towns. Over the past seven years, we have conducted extensive fieldwork in Stornara – interviewing residents, documenting the festival's evolution, and analysing its psychological and social impacts. What we found in Stornara was something far more significant than an innovative community-led arts initiative. It was environmental psychology in action – reshaping how we understand the relationship between built environments, participatory arts, and mental health. The Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight Recent research reveals an alarming convergence of environmental and mental health crises that remains curiously underexamined in psychological discourse. Mental health research receives a mere 2.3 per cent of overall National Institute of Health funding. We cannot know how much of that concerns our environments – both natural and built – which fundamentally shape our psychological wellbeing. The newly proposed field of 'EnvironMental Health' emphasises that deteriorating built environments correlate significantly with elevated stress, social isolation, and worsening mental health outcomes. Southern Italy's rural communities embody this crisis. Between 2002 and 2017, South Italy region lost approximately two million residents to migration, predominantly young adults aged 15-34. This exodus created what Johan Galtung described as 'structural violence' – systematic arrangements preventing communities from realising their potential. The mental health toll manifests not just in individual diagnoses, but in collective despair, eroded social capital, and communities watching their futures literally emigrate. Stornara exemplified this trajectory. By 2017, this municipality of 6,000 residents faced the familiar spiral: economic contraction precipitating youth emigration, accelerating infrastructure deterioration, driving further decline. Walls crumbled. Businesses shuttered. Hope evaporated. Then something changed. The Stramurales Revolution: Democracy through Design What emerged in Stornara transcends conventional cultural tourism. The Stramurales International Street Art Festivalworks through three foundational democratic mechanisms that distinguish it from superficial beautification projects. Organised through Stornara Life APS – an open-membership association founded by Maestro Lino Lombardi – the festival prevents elite capture through voluntary property owner participation ensuring no coercion; democratic content selection through annual community voting on festival themes and mural proposals; and transparent, inclusive governance that gives all residents a voice in the festival's direction. This participatory architecture facilitates what the World Health Organization describes as 'community empowerment' – processes enabling communities to increase control over determinants affecting their health. Recent field studies in Vienna demonstrate that urban art interventions reduce stress and anxiety while improving mood states, but Stramuralesgoes further by embedding art creation within democratic decision-making structures. When residents voluntarily offer walls and vote on content, they perform acts of material and psychological investment. This restoration of collective agency – the belief that residents can shape their hometown's future rather than merely witnessing decline – directly addresses the structural violence that erodes mental health. Between 2020 and 2025, Stornara experienced a huge increase in tourism revenue despite pandemic disruption. New businesses opened. A Stornara-born emigrant who returned reluctantly in 2017 to provide parental care, now works as a tour guide and describes Stornara as 'the coolest town in Italy'. These aren't just economic indicators. They're mental health outcomes. The Science behind the Transformation Contemporary research across multiple disciplines validates what Stornara residents experience viscerally. A 2024 systematic review examining 79 peer-reviewed articles identified how arts places – from permanent museums to temporary public installations – stimulate community engagement, enhance cultural identity, and foster social cohesion. Community-driven mural projects specifically strengthen local identity and pride, creating new routines for individuals to interact and build relationships. Recent experimental research in Berlin found that sidewalk-level art exhibitions significantly altered visitors' connection to and satisfaction with their neighbourhoods, improving overall wellbeing. This aligns with emerging theories on art viewing's impact on mental health, which identifies five key mechanisms: affective processes regulating emotions and stress; cognitive processes providing sensory stimulation and learning; social processes creating shared experiences; self-transformation through reflection; and resilience building for coping with challenges. Environmental psychology research demonstrates that built environments operate as therapeutic interventions. Studies on mental health inpatient facilities reveal that design elements affecting privacy, control, daylight access, and particularly the inclusion of artwork significantly impact patient outcomes. If hospital walls matter therapeutically, how much more do the walls we encounter daily in our communities? The Stramurales model harnesses these mechanisms through the recent concept of 'visual health activism'. Several murals explicitly engage health and human rights themes: Alaniz Niz's 'Refuge for All Migrants' represents exploited African agricultural workers; Sabotaje al Montaje's 'Turning Our Backs on Migration' challenges exclusionary policies; Devil Art Design's 'African Child at Sunset' portrays migrant youth seeking dignified futures. These works address social determinants of health through human rights advocacy. Migration policies denying basic rights create health vulnerabilities – including restricted healthcare access, hazardous working conditions, and psychological trauma from discrimination. The murals perform dual public health functions, in addressing residents' mental health while advocating for populations whose health rights face systematic violation. Place Attachment and Community Resilience The relationship between environmental perception, cultural identity, and community resilience has received substantial scholarly attention in 2024-2025. Research in rural China demonstrates that environmental perception of public spaces influences community resilience through chain mediating effects of cultural identity and place attachment. When communities transform their physical environments through participatory processes, they simultaneously strengthen the psychological bonds that underpin resilience. This explains why Stramurales succeeds where traditional economic development approaches falter. The festival doesn't just create economic value – though over 150 murals by international artists now attract thousands of visitors annually. It fundamentally reshapes residents' relationship with their environment, transforming narratives of decline into evidence of vitality. Each democratically selected mural becomes what resilience researchers call an 'anchor of hope' – tangible proof contradicting despair. Contemporary resilience theory emphasises that strength resides not merely in physical infrastructure but in social cohesion. A recent analysis of resilient urban design in marginalised American neighbourhoods found that residents' message – 'We like our neighbours, we like the character of where we live' – revealed that resilience is fundamentally about people and community. Design interventions succeed when they preserve and strengthen these social bonds, rather than imposing external visions. Stramurales embodies this principle. The democratic voting mechanisms ensure art reflects genuine community values rather than artist or curator preferences. This prevents the cultural displacement often accompanying urban regeneration, where improvements benefit newcomers while alienating existing residents. By centering resident agency, Stramuralesbuilds what researchers describe as 'critical resilience' – capacity addressing underlying inequalities rather than merely adapting to them. The Participation Gap and Universal Access These findings resonate profoundly with longstanding concerns about arts accessibility. The 2015 Warwick Commission documented that the wealthiest, most educated 8 per cent of the UK population accounted for 44 per cent of live music attendance and 28 per cent of visual art visits. This participation gap particularly affects communities that would benefit most from arts engagement for health and wellbeing. But Stramurales challenges this narrative. Street art as public health infrastructure requires no admission fees, no advance booking, no cultural capital to appreciate. It exists where people live, transforming daily commutes into encounters with beauty and meaning. The democratic selection process ensures accessibility extends beyond consumption to co-creation – residents don't just view art, they determine what appears on their walls. Recent research on participatory arts and social cohesion emphasises that successful interventions share common features: delivery in local communities, non-stigmatising approaches, flexibility, promoting social engagement, involvement of exhibitions, and delivery within specific timeframes. Stramurales incorporates all these elements while adding genuine democratic governance. This matters urgently. Mental health conditions among young people globally are rising, and traditional mental health services remain chronically underfunded. If we cannot scale clinical interventions to meet demand, we must invest in preventive public health approaches targeting social determinants. From Stornara to the World: Implications for Practice The Stramurales model offers a replicable template requiring modest financial investment but substantial community participation. Essential elements include voluntary engagement, democratic decision-making, strategic social media use for marketing, and integration of local narratives with global artistic practices. Several cities have implemented variations with promising results. Research on artistic interventions in urban spaces across Europe and Asia demonstrates that participatory art projects can serve as 'social prescribing', improving psychological resilience and enhancing public engagement. Tactical urbanism approaches – small-scale, low-cost interventions improving public spaces – increasingly incorporate art as core rather than supplementary elements. The implications extend beyond individual communities. International frameworks including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enshrine rights to health and cultural participation. State obligations to conserve, develop and diffuse culture should support community-driven cultural initiatives demonstrably impacting health outcomes. As pandemic governance analyses emphasise, future health policy reforms must address not only biomedical preparedness but underlying vulnerabilities in community resilience and social cohesion. Street art operating through participatory structures directly strengthens these dimensions. What Psychologists Can Do We have roles to play at multiple levels. First, we must conduct research documenting the mental health impacts of participatory arts interventions. While promising evidence exists, methodologically rigorous studies with adequate sample sizes and long-term follow-up remain scarce. We need experimental designs, not just observational studies, examining mechanisms through which environmental transformations affect psychological outcomes. Second, we should advocate for policy recognising arts engagement as health intervention. This means supporting public health funding for community arts initiatives, particularly in economically deprived areas where traditional development approaches have failed. We should work with urban planners, architects, and artists to integrate participatory arts into neighbourhood regeneration from inception, not as afterthoughts. Third, we must ensure interventions embody genuine participation rather than tokenistic consultation. The Stramuralesmodel succeeds because residents hold real power. Without this, arts interventions risk replicating existing power structures and potentially accelerating gentrification that displaces the communities they ostensibly serve. Fourth, we should employ arts-based research methods that centre community voices. Collaborative approaches like participatory theatre, photovoice, and collaborative poetics enable communities to articulate their experiences and aspirations in ways traditional psychological assessments cannot capture. These methods acknowledge that communities possess expertise about their own needs and potential solutions. Finally, we must situate arts interventions within broader frameworks addressing social justice. Art should not function as a 'sticking plaster' masking underlying inequalities. Instead, we should harness arts' disruptive potential to promote what researchers term 'critical resilience' – capacity challenging systemic injustices rather than merely helping people adapt to them. This means addressing not just symptoms (mental distress) but causes (structural violence, economic abandonment, policy failures). Reimagining Health Infrastructure The Stramurales case compels fundamental reconsideration of what constitutes health infrastructure. We typically envision clinics, hospitals, pharmacies – biomedical institutions delivering treatments for diagnosed conditions. But what if the most effective mental health intervention for a declining community isn't a new psychiatric facility, but democratic processes enabling residents to transform their visual environment? Walls covered with democratically selected art, created through genuine community participation, demonstrably improve community mental health while operationalising cultural rights described in international law. The modest financial investment required pales beside costs of clinical services treating preventable distress. For communities experiencing decline where traditional economic development has failed, participatory street art may offer the most cost-effective, accessible, and sustainable mental health intervention available. This isn't about romanticising art or dismissing serious mental illness requiring clinical care. It's about acknowledging that population mental health requires addressing social determinants – and that participatory arts targeting built environments, social capital, and collective agency directly address these determinants. The question facing psychology isn't whether art can function as health intervention – Stramurales and growing evidence demonstrate it can. Rather, the question is whether we possess imagination to rethink health infrastructure, recognising that effective mental health promotion may require democratic decision-making and community participation as much as clinical expertise. As we watched Stornara residents voting on murals that June afternoon, we witnessed people exercising a fundamental human capacity too often denied in our field: the power to shape their own environments and, through that shaping, to heal. Perhaps that's the most vital lesson Stramurales offers psychology – that sometimes the most therapeutic intervention isn't administered by professionals, but created by communities reclaiming their agency… one democratically selected wall at a time. Dr Luciano Magaldi Sardella holds a PhD in Cognitive Leadership at Aspire Institute, Harvard Business School. Professor Matteo Mantuano is Professor of Social Sciences and Psychoeducational Health, Unitré University of Milan, Italy. Photo: 'Kid trapped in a box' mural by Leticia Mandragora References: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (2017). Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing (2nd ed.). Belfiore, E. & Bennett, O. (2024). The social impact of the arts: An intellectual history. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Bone, J.K., Bu, F., Fluharty, M.E., Paul, E., Sonke, J.K. & Fancourt, D. (2024). Who engages in the arts in the United States? A comparison of several types of engagement using data from The General Social Survey. PLOS ONE, 19(1), e0296743. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0296743 Chatterjee, H.J. & Noble, G. (2024). Museums, health and well-being: A preliminary report for Phase I. UCL Museums & Public Health Research Group. Cohen, G.D., Perlstein, S., Chapline, J., Kelly, J., Firth, K.M. & Simmens, S. (2006). The impact of professionally conducted cultural programs on the physical health, mental health, and social functioning of older adults. The Gerontologist, 46(6), 726–734. Daykin, N., Mansfield, L., Meads, C., Julier, G., Tomlinson, A., Payne, A., Grigsby Duffy, L., Lane, J., D'Innocenzo, G., Burnett, A., Kay, T., Dolan, P., Testoni, S. & Victor, C. (2024). What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults. Perspectives in Public Health, 138(1), 39–46. doi:10.1177/1757913917740391 Fancourt, D. & Finn, S. (2019). What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review. World Health Organization, Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report 67. Flores González, L.M. & Rodríguez Sánchez, I. (2024). The transformative power of art in marginalized communities: Case studies from Latin America. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 7(2), 145–167. Galtung, J. (1969). Violence, peace, and peace research. Journal of Peace Research, 6(3), 167–191. Hart, A., Gagnon, E., Eryigit-Madzwamuse, S., Cameron, J., Aranda, K., Rathbone, A. & Heaver, B. (2016). Uniting resilience research and practice with an inequalities approach. Sage Open, 6(4), 1–13. Johnson, H., Carson-Apstein, E., Banderob, S. & Macualay-Rettino, X. (2017). 'You kind of have to listen to me': Researching discrimination through poetry. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum Qualitative Social Research, 18(2). doi:10.17169/fqs-18.3.2864 Kaplan, S. (1995). The restorative benefits of nature: Toward an integrative framework. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 15(3), 169–182. Kim, J. (2017). Effects of community-based group music therapy for children exposed to ongoing child maltreatment and poverty in South Korea: A block randomized controlled trial. Arts Psychotherapy, 54, 69–77. doi:10.1016/j.aip.2017.01.001 Li, Y., Zhang, H. & Chen, T. (2024). Environmental perception, cultural identity and community resilience: Chain mediating effects of place attachment in rural China. Journal of Rural Studies, 98, 103– 115. Marmot, M., Atkinson, T., Bell, J., Black, C., Broadfoot, P., Cumberlege, J., Diamond, I., Gilmore, I., Ham, C., Meacher, M. & Mulgan, G. (2010). Fair society, healthy lives: The Marmot Review. Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England Post-2010. Mulligan, M., Scanlon, C. & Welch, N. (2008). Renegotiating community life: Arts, agency, inclusion and wellbeing. Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 1, 99–115. doi:10.5130/ijcre.v1i0.591 Neelands, J., Belfiore, E., Firth, C., Hart, N., Perrin, L., Brock, S., Holdaway, D. & Woddis, J. (2015). Enriching Britain: Culture, creativity and growth. The 2015 Report by the Warwick Commission for the Future of Cultural Value. Packer, J. & Ballantyne, R. (2024). The role of museums and art galleries in promoting wellbeing: Insights from the United Kingdom and Australia. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 30(3), 234–251. Papies, E.K., Best, M., Gelibter, E. & Stroebe, W. (2024). The role of mental simulation in desire and motivation: A systematic review. Motivation Science, 10(1), 1–18. Pykett, A.A., Osborne, T., Resch, B., Nielek, R., Krukar, J. & Malleson, N. (2024). From smart to sustainable cities: The role of environmental psychology in urban transformation. Cities, 144, 104644. Roe, J. & Aspinall, P. (2024). The restorative benefits of walking in urban and rural settings in adults with good and poor mental health. Health & Place, 71, 102654. Stuckey, H.L. & Nobel, J. (2010). The connection between art, healing, and public health: A review of current literature. American Journal of Public Health, 100(2), 254–263. Theorell, T. (2024). Psychological health effects of musical experiences: Theories, studies and reflections in music health science. Stockholm: Springer Nature. Ulrich, R.S., Simons, R.F., Losito, B.D., Fiorito, E., Miles, M.A. & Zelson, M. (1991). Stress recovery during exposure to natural and urban environments. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 11(3), 201–230. Van den Berg, A.E., Wesselius, J.E., Maas, J. & Tanja-Dijkstra, K. (2024). Green space as a buffer between stressful life events and health: A longitudinal analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 310, 115270. WHO (2019). WHO housing and health guidelines. Geneva: World Health Organization. Zarobe, L. & Bungay, H. (2024). The role of arts activities in developing resilience and mental wellbeing in children and young people: A rapid review of the literature. Perspectives in Public Health, 137(6), 337–347. doi:10.1177/1757913917712283.

The Psychologist – The British Psychological Society – When Walls Become Wellness

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Dr. Marcin Szwed from the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights emphasizes that without independent and apolitical judges, the Constitutional Tribunal will become merely a tool of political struggle, as illustrated by the appointment of Dr. Maciej Berek, a former minister, as a judge of the Tribunal, which raises doubts about the transparency and impartiality of this body. (translated)

Marcin Szwed: Nie widzę nadziei na uzdrowienie Trybunału Konstytucyjnego

There was supposed to be a depoliticization of the Constitutional Tribunal, but there is an even greater pathology than under PiS. State institutions need to be repaired, not treated as a tool for political struggle. (translated)

TU JEST POLSKA Stanowisko Konfederacji @KoronyPolskiej w sprawie skandalicznych wystąpień podczas obchodów 87. rocznicy wybuchu II wojny światowej Westerplatte nie jest miejscem do manipulowania historią. Nie jest miejscem do budowania cudzych narodowych mitologii. I nie jest miejscem, z którego polskie władze mają pouczać Polaków, komu dzisiaj powinni oddawać swoją solidarność, pieniądze i bezpieczeństwo. 1 września 1939 roku Niemcy napadły na Rzeczpospolitą Polską. 17 września drugi cios zadał Polsce Związek Sowiecki. To są fakty. I dokładnie o nich powinno się mówić 1 września na Westerplatte. Tymczasem prezydent polskiego miasta Gdańska Aleksandra Dulkiewicz uznała za stosowne poświęcić część swojego wystąpienia blokadzie Leningradu. Mówiła o cierpieniu tamtejszej ludności cywilnej, głodzie i niemieckim oblężeniu. Dlaczego w miejscu, w którym polski żołnierz jako jeden z pierwszych stanął do walki przeciw niemieckiemu najeźdźcy, polska prezydent miasta prowadzi słuchaczy do Leningradu? A gdzie Katyń? Gdzie setki tysięcy Polaków wywożonych w głąb Związku Sowieckiego? Jeżeli na Westerplatte znajduje się czas na Leningrad, to jakim sposobem zabrakło centralnego miejsca dla Katynia? Jeszcze bardziej skandaliczne są słowa o kobietach w „wyzwalanym przez Armię Czerwoną Gdańsku”. Przypominamy, że w Gdańsku Armia Czerwona dokonywała gwałtów, rabunków i mordów. Sowieci represjonowali żołnierzy Armii Krajowej i polskich patriotów, przeprowadzali deportacje, demontowali zakłady przemysłowe i wprowadzali terror. To jest fałszowanie polskiego doświadczenia wojny. I - w sensie moralnym - zdrada pamięci tych Polaków, którzy po sześciu latach niemieckiego terroru nie otrzymali wolnej Rzeczypospolitej, lecz kolejne dziesięciolecia sowieckiej dominacji. WESTERPLATTE NIE JEST TRYBUNĄ DLA POLITYKI UKRAIŃSKIEJ Podobny problem widzimy w wystąpieniu premiera Donalda Tuska. Premier z centralnego polskiego symbolu września 1939 roku uczynił narzędzie współczesnej polityki wobec Ukrainy. „Musimy dzisiaj pomóc przetrwać Ukrainie” - mówił premier, zestawiając sytuację dzisiejszej Ukrainy z samotnością Polski w 1939 roku i przywołując politykę monachijską. Konfederacja Korony Polskiej mówi jasno: nie ma zgody na przerabianie polskiej historii na propagandową przypowieść o Ukrainie. POLSKA W 1939 TO NIE UKRAINA W 2026 Polska nie była państwem budującym kult organizacji odpowiedzialnych za ludobójstwo obywateli państwa, które udzielało jej pomocy. Nie czciła sprawców mordujących ludność swojego sojusznika. Nie stawiała pomników ludziom odpowiedzialnym za eksterminację jego kobiet i dzieci. Tymczasem w relacjach polsko-ukraińskich istnieje historia, której Donald Tusk nie ma prawa wymazywać z Westerplatte. Jeszcze przed wybuchem wojny Organizacja Ukraińskich Nacjonalistów współpracowała w różnych formach z hitlerowskimi Niemcami. Ukraińscy nacjonaliści widzieli w III Rzeszy potencjalnego sojusznika w walce przeciw państwu polskiemu. We wrześniu i październiku 1939 roku dochodziło również do mordów na polskich cywilach, uchodźcach i żołnierzach. W 1941 roku radykalny nurt OUN przyjął elementy wprost zaczerpnięte z nazizmu: zasadę jednego narodu, jednej partii i jednego wodza, faszystowski salut oraz ideologię zawierającą elementy rasistowskie i antysemickie. Z tego środowiska wyrosła później organizacja odpowiedzialna za ludobójstwo Polaków na Wołyniu i w Małopolsce Wschodniej. Dlatego premier Rzeczypospolitej, zanim z Westerplatte zacznie nauczać Polaków o obowiązkach wobec Ukrainy, powinien najpierw powiedzieć władzom Ukrainy: nie będzie polsko-ukraińskiego pojednania z Banderą i UPA na pomnikach. WESTERPLATTE NIE MOŻE SŁUŻYĆ DO WYMIANY POLSKIEJ PAMIĘCI NA EUROPEJSKĄ NARRACJĘ Konfederacja Korony Polskiej sprzeciwia się konsekwentnemu przekształcaniu polskiej pamięci historycznej w bezkształtną opowieść o „ofiarach wojny”, „cierpieniu wszystkich narodów” i kolejnych aktualnych celach politycznych. Wojna nie przyszła sama. Miała sprawców. 1 września przyszedł niemiecki najeźdźca. 17 września przyszedł najeźdźca sowiecki. Polacy byli mordowani przez Niemców. Polacy byli mordowani przez Sowietów. Polacy byli mordowani przez ukraińskich nacjonalistów z OUN-UPA. Nie pozwolimy wymazać żadnego z tych faktów dlatego, że dziś są dla któregoś rządu dyplomatycznie niewygodne. WESTERPLATTE JEST POLSKIE. KATYŃ JEST POLSKĄ RANĄ. WOŁYŃ JEST POLSKĄ RANĄ. PAMIĘĆ O OFIARACH NIE JEST WALUTĄ W POLITYCE ZAGRANICZNEJ. KOMITET POLITYCZNY KONFEDERACJI KORONY POLSKIEJ #Polska #Historia #Pamięć

Przede mną najważniejszy weekend w mojej karierze. I być może ten, który zmieni wszystko 🏆 Przed nami wielki finał sezonu Indy NXT. Po całym sezonie zmagań walka o mistrzostwo rozstrzygnie się na legendarnym torze Laguna Seca. Tytuł wciąż jest w naszym zasięgu, a do zdobycia pozostaje ponad 100 punktów w dwóch wyścigach. To wyjątkowy moment nie tylko dla mnie. Od ponad 20 lat żaden Polak nie był w podobnej sytuacji na tak wysokim poziomie wyścigów bolidów jednomiejscowych. Ostatnim był Robert Kubica, który w 2005 roku zdobył mistrzostwo World Series by Renault. Ten sukces otworzył mu drogę do Formuły 1 🇵🇱 Za mną cały 11 rund pełnych walki: zwycięstwo, podia, trudniejsze weekendy, ogrom pracy mojego zespołu i tysiące przejechanych kilometrów po całych Stanach. Wszystko sprowadza się teraz do jednego ostatniego weekendu w Kalifornii. Najbliższe dni mogą zmienić bieg historii 🏎️🔥 Oglądajcie na żywo na Tymek TV i w Motowizji 📺 Harmonogram: 🔸 Piątek, 4 września 22:00 Trening 1 🔸 Sobota, 5 września 00:30 Trening 2 21:00 Kwalifikacje 🔸 Niedziela, 6 września 00:30 Wyścig 1 18:30 Wyścig 2 #IndyNXT #wyścigi #mistrzostwa

Republicans and Democrats from the Capitol are asking the Pentagon why it dismantled the American unit in Europe that was building its own drones and learning drone combat from the Ukrainians. (translated)

PRAWICA ODKRYŁA NICOLE SUSZEK.
Bo powiedziała, że nie ufa Giertychowi. A gdzie byliście od 10 marca 2022? Tego dnia znika jej brat.
Potem 4 lata umorzeń i samotnej walki. Nicole ma prawo Giertychowi nie ufać. Ale fakt jest taki, że gdyby nie @GiertychRoman i prokuratura Żurka, prawica dalej miałaby święty spokój, a rodzina Suszka żadnych odpowiedzi. Są zatrzymania. Są przesłuchania.
Po czterech latach ktoś wreszcie szuka odpowiedzi. Posłuchajcie @w_zurek. #Zondacrypto #SylwesterSuszek #NicoleSuszek https://t.co/xxWixnFUlr #NicoleSuszek #Prawica #Justyacja

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Zacznijmy od Zbigniewa Ziobry, bo bez tego trudno zrozumieć, co przez lata działo się ze sprawą BitBay. Kiedy 5 lutego 2018 roku KNF zawiadomiła prokuraturę, Ziobro był jednocześnie ministrem sprawiedliwości i Prokuratorem Generalnym. Od dawna budował swoją pozycję na haśle bezwzględnej walki z mafiami VAT-owskimi i paliwowymi. Prokuratorem Krajowym i pierwszym zastępcą Ziobry był Bogdan Święczkowski. Stanowisko objął 7 marca 2016 roku. Dzień później szefem Prokuratury Regionalnej w Katowicach został Tomasz Janeczek, który jednocześnie dostał stanowisko prokuratora Prokuratury Krajowej. Święczkowski był bezpośrednim przełożonym prokuratorów regionalnych. Miał prawo wydawać polecenia dotyczące konkretnych czynności procesowych, a Prokuratura Krajowa sprawowała nadzór nad postępowaniami prowadzonymi w regionach. Janeczek i Święczkowski znali się dużo wcześniej. Janeczek już w 2005 roku został szefem Prokuratury Apelacyjnej w Katowicach. Rzeczpospolita pisała później, że na to stanowisko miał go zaproponować właśnie Święczkowski. Za czasów Janeczka katowicka prokuratura prowadziła między innymi sprawę Barbary Blidy. Pracował przy niej Sebastian Głuch. Ten sam, który później pojawi się przy BitBay. 29 marca 2019 roku Prokuratura Regionalna w Katowicach umarza postępowanie dotyczące BitBay. Decyzję podpisuje Głuch. KNF składa zażalenie, a sąd uchyla umorzenie. W kwietniu 2020 roku Głuch przechodzi z Prokuratury Regionalnej do Śląskiego Wydziału Zamiejscowego Prokuratury Krajowej. 12 czerwca sprawa zostaje umorzona po raz drugi. Kto podpisał tę decyzję? Tego nazwiska nadal nie udało mi się znaleźć. Prokuratura Krajowa wszczyna później kontrolę i uznaje umorzenie za przedwczesne i niezasadne. W tym samym czasie w Prokuraturze Krajowej bardzo ważne stanowisko zajmuje Michał Ostrowski. Od marca 2016 roku kieruje Departamentem do Spraw Przestępczości Gospodarczej. Ten departament nadzoruje i koordynuje postępowania gospodarcze prowadzone między innymi przez prokuratury regionalne oraz zbiera informacje dotyczące przestępczości gospodarczej i finansowej. Czy sprawa BitBay trafiała do Ostrowskiego? Czy jego departament ją nadzorował? Jeśli tak, co dokładnie wiedział i jakie działania podejmowano? Tego dziś nie wiemy. Państwo PiS znało ludzi BitBay nie tylko z akt prokuratury. W lipcu 2016 roku Sylwester Suszek szkolił policjantów i prokuratorów podczas szkolenia organizowanego przez lubelską policję. Było tam blisko 80 osób, w tym 37 prokuratorów i przedstawiciel Ministerstwa Finansów. Suszek mówił o kryptowalutach, zagrożeniach związanych z giełdami i narzędziach pozwalających identyfikować sprawców. W lutym 2018 roku KNF zawiadamia prokuraturę o BitBay, a już w kwietniu Suszek bierze udział w spotkaniu branży kryptowalutowej w Ministerstwie Finansów. W czerwcu uczestniczy w kolejnych konsultacjach z przedstawicielami KNF, Ministerstwa Finansów i NBP dotyczących regulacji rynku. Po zawiadomieniu do prokuratury nadal jest więc dla państwa partnerem do rozmów o kryptowalutach. I jest jeszcze Marian W., czyli Maniek. Dzisiaj prokuratura oskarża go o kierowanie grupą zajmującą się nielegalnym obrotem paliwami, oszustwami VAT i praniem pieniędzy. Według aktu oskarżenia proceder miał trwać w latach 2011 do 2016, obejmować tysiące fikcyjnych faktur, a przez rachunki spółek związanych z grupą miały przepływać ogromne pieniądze. W marcu 2017 roku Zakład Karny w Wojkowicach podpisuje umowę z DeltaOils Plus w ramach programu „Praca dla więźniów”. Program stworzył i wdrażał w resorcie sprawiedliwości Patryk Jaki. Marian W. był wtedy samoistnym prokurentem DeltaOils Plus. Jaki tej konkretnej umowy nie podpisywał, ale spółka związana z Mańkiem weszła do jednego ze sztandarowych programów Ministerstwa Sprawiedliwości właśnie wtedy, gdy Ziobro i jego ludzie chwalili się walką z mafiami paliwowymi i VAT-owskimi. 1/2⬇️ #BitBay #Ziobro #prokuratura

Beautiful testimony of faith from Filip Hrgović, the new heavyweight boxing world champion. After an incredible title fight, the Croatian thanked God for the victory. Although he was losing for a significant part of the fight, he knocked out his opponent in the 10th round. He said he doesn't even know how. (translated)