To mark International Women's Day this week, we speak to one of this continent's most courageous activists: Marta Lempart of the Women's Strike, the movement that that has organised massive street protests in recent months against Poland's incredibly restrictive abortion laws. We're also talking about Berlin's gender-neutral acting prize, Fidesz, and the power of oranges.

This week's Isolation Inspiration: "It's A Sin", "African Europeans: An Untold History" and epita-mbomo-the-spanish-electrician-who-sabotaged-the-nazis.html">El País' long-read about José Epita Mbombo.

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