Solidarity In Poland
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Solidarity, an independent labor federation in Poland, did not just pop up overnight and become this great social movement. There were many years of government persecution and economic hardship that gradually evolved into a national movement. In 1970 Poland's government tried to change the economic ....
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.... The workers realized that the government's way of improving Poland's status in the world market was to exploit the workers. On December 14, 1970 the workers finally showed their anger and frustration by striking. A white-collar worker explained the situation that arouse at Lenin Shipyard that morning:
When I entered the Gdansk Shipyard, I could feel the tension. As usual, everyone was going to their workplace, but on each face you could see something serious was going on. When I reached the ha ....
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