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essentially all of the country's history, reminding Poles that they were, at their core, a very spiritual people. The Solidarity protests at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk reflected this with religious imagery prevalent throughout, such as pictures of the pope on display. John Paul II's pilgrimage led to a revitalization of religious and nationalist fervor within the country, two aspects which formed the backbone of
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including Wałęsa himself as crackdowns seemed to push Solidarity further underground, but when John Paul II made another visit to Poland in 1983, whose presence fueled another wave of fervor for the distinctly Catholic union, martial law was lifted in July as Wałęsa earned the Nobel Peace Prize in October.
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Poland was one of the first Warsaw Pact countries to abandon the totalitarianism of Stalin's regime, in part due to the stronger nationalist ideas present within it. Krushchev emphasized the continued role of communism - but in a new, revitalized form - whereas Gomulka's government established their
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with approval from the United States and UK due to changes in its borders; ceding territories in its east in exchange for formerly German lands in the west. Beginning with the expulsion of minorities to neighboring countries such as Belarus, by the time of the war's end in 1945 and the ascendancy of
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at the Stalin Factory (ZiSPO). Its workers and many residents of the city all marched towards the city center on June 28 in expression of their many grievances such as wage cuts, demanding to meet with party leaders - leaders who did not show up. Further incensing the crowd, they stormed the prison
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with the PPR, legalizing its status as an independent trade union, and reached 10 million members by 1981, the government imposed martial law that same year on December 12 in an attempt to crush the rapidly growing anti-communist movement. The following year saw several thousand civilians arrested
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incited a strike amongst Walentynowicz's coworkers in response one week later, and presented their manifesto "Twenty-one Demands" on 17 August 1980. While mostly focusing on the rights of trade unions and their members, it also included demands for the recognition of the right to free speech and
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actively worked to push Germans out of positions within the church and the newly acquired land in tandem with the Party, but asserted its autonomy when it held a Mass in 1945 attracting up to four million people. This independence also allowed the Church to establish its own institutions such as
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began his pilgrimage to his native country of Poland seeking to reinvigorate faith in the country after decades of encouraged atheism by the Soviet government. Beginning in Warsaw, John Paul II made frequent connections to Polish identity and the Catholic faith which had been intertwined for
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to send 10,000 troops in to quell the revolt, resulting in 73 deaths as order was restored to the city. Unrest still lingered within a population desperate for reform, leading the PPR to elevate Gomułka as the new leader to assuage the population.
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to outside parties. On the day of the elections on June 4, Solidarity won almost every single senate seat available. Realizing how much power this new opposition had, another compromise was formed where the PPR would provide a president,
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to General-Secretary of the PPR, it had begun cementing its tenuous power by exuding an ethno-nationalist ethos to unite a homogenizing Poland against threats to the country, i.e. minorities such as Germans.
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movement. These efforts to create a bridge between Poland's history and Marxist ideology were mildly successful, especially in comparison to similar attempts elsewhere in the
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in February 1989, where after two months a compromise was hammered out, re-legalizing Solidarity, creating a new free senate, and opening 35% of the seats in the
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and seized its weapons as well as freeing many inmates before descending upon the radio station. The Politburo approved action by
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other reforms for liberalization, forming the roots for what would become the Solidarity movement. Though it signed the
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in 1956, anti-Stalinist ideas began to spread as resentment boiled over into the first of several protests in
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have had a minimal impact on the political and economical life of the country and are ostracized. However,
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schools, but also enabled it to undermine the state by supporting anti-PPR organizations. After the
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Near the end of World War 2 in 1944, the PPR under the command of the USSR started its program of
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was fired for supporting trade unions which, aside from the party-approved ones, were illegal.
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The 1989 revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe : from communism to pluralism
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became the new General Secretary of the USSR in 1985 and introduced his reforms of
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This all came with the support of the Catholic Church. The then-Primate of Poland
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World War II began and Poland was conquered by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union
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Reassessing Communism: Concepts, Culture, and Society in Poland 1944–1989
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With Krushchev now serving as leader of the USSR, having delivered his
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During this period, some Polish academics and philosophers, including
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Chmielewska, K., Mrozik, A., & Wołowiec, G. (Eds.). (2021).
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of the PZPR, remained active on the political scene after the
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McDermott, Kevin; Stibbe, Matthew, eds. (29 March 2016).
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soon became its leader. In the Soviet Union, Stalin and
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position as being one serving the interests of Poland.
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Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania
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as a communist organization under Soviet control. As
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can trace its origins to the late 19th century: the
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Communism

Anti-capitalism
Class conflict
Class consciousness
Classless society
Collective leadership
Communist party
Communist revolution
Communist state
Commune
Communist society
Critique of political economy
Free association
"From each according to his ability,
to each according to his needs"

Market abolitionism
Proletarian internationalism
Labour movement
Social revolution
Stateless society
Wage slavery
Workers' self-management
World communism
World revolution

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