The Freedom and Equality (Polish: Wolność i Równość, WiR), previously called Union of the Left (Polish: Unia Lewicy, UL); is a minor social-democratic political party in Poland founded on 20 March 2005 through the union of several left-wing organisations and parties, including: Worker's Democracy, Young Socialists, Antyklerykalna Partia Postępu RACJA, Centrolewica Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, Demokratyczna Partia Lewicy, Nowa Lewica, Polska Partia Pracy, Polska Partia Socjalistyczna. and Unia Pracy.^[1]

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Freedom and Equality Wolność i Równość
Leader	Piotr Musiał
Founded	20 March 2005
Headquarters	ul. Powsińska 40/2, 02-903 Warsaw
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism Anti-clericalism
Political position	Left-wing
National affiliation	Europa Plus (2014) United Left (2015-2016) SLD-The Left Together (2018) European Coalition (2019) Democratic Left (2022–) The Left (2023–)
Colours	Yellow, Black
Sejm	0 / 460
Senate	0 / 100
Website
http://wir.info.pl
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The party is supported by the "Democratic Women's Union" (Demokratyczna Unia Kobiet), Polish LGBT rights groups, and several small left-wing organisations.