Solidarity movement

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The Solidarity movement was an independent Polish trade union and social movement in the 1980s that became a major force in opposing communist rule and helped trigger democratic change across Eastern Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
aim democratization of Poland ⓘ
free trade unions ⓘ
political reform ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Solidarność ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
foundedBy Gdańsk Shipyard workers ⓘ
Lech Wałęsa ⓘ
hasAward Nobel Peace Prize to Lech Wałęsa in 1983 ⓘ
hasPart Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee ⓘ
hasPoliticalWing Solidarity Electoral Action ⓘ
headquarters Gdańsk ⓘ
ideology Catholic social teaching ⓘ
anti-communism ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
inception 1980 ⓘ
influenced Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
linked to: Revolutions of 1989

collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe ⓘ
democratic opposition in Eastern Europe ⓘ
end of the Cold War ⓘ
keyPerson Anna Walentynowicz ⓘ
Bronisław Geremek ⓘ
Jacek Kuroń ⓘ
Karol Modzelewski ⓘ
Lech Wałęsa ⓘ
Tadeusz Mazowiecki ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
legalStatus legal from 1980 to 1981 ⓘ
outlawed from 1981 to 1989 ⓘ
re-legalized in 1989 ⓘ
locationFounded Gdańsk ⓘ
memberCount about 10 million members at its peak ⓘ
movementType labor movement ⓘ
opposition movement ⓘ
pro-democracy movement ⓘ
opposedBy Communist government of the Polish People's Republic ⓘ
Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
opposedSystem one-party communist rule ⓘ
originatedFrom Gdańsk Shipyard strikes ⓘ
recognizedAs first independent trade union in the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism (dominant among members) ⓘ
significantEvent Gdańsk Agreement ⓘ
Round Table Talks ⓘ
introduction of martial law in Poland ⓘ
partly free elections in Poland in June 1989 ⓘ
slogan Nie ma wolności bez Solidarności ⓘ
supportedBy Catholic Church in Poland ⓘ
Pope John Paul II ⓘ
timePeriod 1980s ⓘ
usedMethod civil resistance ⓘ
negotiations ⓘ
strikes ⓘ

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Revolutions of 1989 → significantParticipant → Solidarity movement in Poland ⓘ
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Eastern Bloc → significantEvent → Polish Solidarity movement ⓘ
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Esplanade Solidarność 1980 → namedAfter → Solidarity movement ⓘ
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Czesław Kiszczak → associatedWith → Solidarity movement (as negotiating counterpart) ⓘ
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Karol Modzelewski → movement → Solidarity movement ⓘ
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Autumn of Nations in Eastern Europe → influencedBy → Solidarity movement in Poland ⓘ
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Danuta Wałęsa → associatedWith → Solidarity movement in Poland ⓘ
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Solidarity Square → associatedWith → Solidarity movement ⓘ
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Solidarity, Solitude → discusses → Solidarity movement in Poland ⓘ
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Timothy Garton Ash → notableWork → The Polish Revolution: Solidarity ⓘ
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21 demands of the MKS → author → Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee in Gdańsk ⓘ
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