In the 1980s, Solidarity was a broad anti-authoritarian social movement, using methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers' rights and social change. [7] . The Government attempted in the early 1980s to destroy the union through the imposition of martial law in Poland and the use of political repression.

Solidarity, Polish trade union that in the early 1980s became the first independent labor union in a country belonging to the Soviet Bloc. Lech Walesa helped found the organization in 1980, and he became its influential leader, eventually serving as president of …

Solidarity (Polish: „Solidarność”, pronounced [sɔliˈdarnɔɕt͡ɕ] ⓘ), a Polish non-governmental trade union, was founded on August 14, 1980, at the Lenin Shipyards (now Gdańsk Shipyards) by Lech Wałęsa and others. In the early 1980s, it became the first independent labor union in …

Summary of the political history, nonviolent strategic actions, and ensuing events of Poland's Solidarity Movement from 1980-89.

Apr 14, 2022 · Poland’s independent trade union, Solidarność (Solidarity), was founded in 1980. It began as a powerful strike in Gdańsk, with over 20,000 workers protesting poor economic conditions and labor rights.

The Solidarity movement in Poland has left a lasting mark on how people fight for political and social change today. Born in the 1980s, this movement stood up to Communist rule without using violence. Instead, they focused on bringing people together, especially workers, to …

Aug 24, 2020 · Poland’s Solidarity trade union was one of the most impressive workers’ movements in postwar Europe. It rocked the foundations of an autocratic regime, but it took a wrong turn as the Eastern Bloc started to crumble.

The Solidarity movement emerged out of a much longer history of worker discontent, strikes and protest that had characterised tensions between the state and society in communist Poland since the end of WWII.

The history of Solidarity begins in September 1980, at the Gdańsk Shipyards, where Lech Wałęsa and others formed Solidarity (Polish: Solidarność), a broad anti-communist social movement ranging from people associated with the Catholic Church to members of the anti-communist Left.

Sep 21, 2015 · Thirty-five years ago saw the formation of Solidarność (“Solidarity”), an organisation that would pave the way for the dismantling of the communist regime in Poland and Eastern Europe. However the real nature of this movement remains elusive and a source of controversy in Poland.