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Poland 1980-1981 - Coggle Diagram
Poland 1980-1981
Martial Law
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Lech Walesa, all the leaders of Solidarity and thousands of activists were arrested.
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He also introduced a drastic economic stabilisation plan in hope that Western powers would overlook the aggression used.
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background
Most Poles were Catholics: the Catholic Church was well-organised and encouraged Polish nationalism.
After WW2 the communists initially joined a coalition government
In 1947 the communists became the leaders of the government
They forced the non-communist leader into exile
There had been protests against the government about living standards not governments
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The appointment of John Paul II and his return to Poland in 1979 caused a surge in pride in Poland and their Catholic faith.
Ordinary Polish people had more power than in other communist countries: polish farmers held on to their own farms. Among Polish factory workers there was a strong tradition of using strikes against the government
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1970 - sex, drugs, rock and roll, birth control
Solidarnosc (Solidarity)
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The government reluctantly agreed to sign an agreement which said that there should be free Trades Unions, freedom of information, access to the media and civil rights.
Solidarnosc became increasingly popular with 9.4 million members at its largest. It showed that the people of Poland were fed up with the “People’s Republic”.
Solidarity’s popularity was fuelled as the truth about the past few years was being openly talked about and taught in classrooms and written about in uncensored magazines and newspapers.
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