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Poland 1980-81 - Coggle Diagram
Poland 1980-81
Background
Nazi-Soviet Pact 1939
1940 Massacre
Communist takeover of Poland
1947
Exile opposition
1970s
discos, birth control
Protests about living standards
Religion
source of nationalism
Most poles are catholics
Soviet challenged to catholicism
They removed crosses from schools and hospitals
John Paul II made Pope in 1979(Polish)
economic freedom
Some Polish people owned farms and workers sometimes held strikes against the government
Protests
July 1980- increase the price of meat by 100% by the communist government
14 August- more than 17000 workers walked out of the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk.
Solidarnosc(Solidarity) a trade uniom
Illegal trade union
Led by Lech Walesa
Concessions
Truthful and critical dialogue in Poland
9 million members
Press freedom leads to critisicism
Afghanistan 1979 is a distraction for the Soviets
Events
Martial law December 1981
Curfews
Lech Walesa, all the leaders of solidarity and thousands of activists were arrested
Telephones and other links with the outside world were shut down
Jarulzelski
Takes over and forms a government of national understanding with Walesa
American reaction
economic sanctions
opposition began to reappaer
inflation reached 70% and the polish currency was devalued twice