Workers' Defense Committee

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The Workers' Defense Committee was a Polish dissident organization formed in the 1970s to support persecuted workers and became a key precursor to the Solidarity movement and the broader democratic opposition to communist rule in Poland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dissident organization ⓘ
non-governmental organization ⓘ
opposition organization ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
dissolved late 1970s ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil liberties ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ
followedBy Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR ⓘ
foundedAfter June 1976 workers' protests ⓘ
ideology democratic opposition to communism ⓘ
inception 1976 ⓘ
influenced Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR ⓘ
Solidarity ⓘ
linked to: Solidarność
language Polish ⓘ
location Warsaw ⓘ
movement Polish democratic opposition ⓘ
Solidarity movement precursor ⓘ
nativeName Komitet Obrony Robotników ⓘ
notableMember Adam Michnik ⓘ
Andrzej Celiński ⓘ
Aniela Steinsbergowa ⓘ
Antoni Macierewicz ⓘ
Bogdan Borusewicz ⓘ
Henryk Wujec ⓘ
Jacek Kuroń ⓘ
Jan Józef Lipski ⓘ
Józef Śreniowski ⓘ
Kaja Godek ⓘ
Karol Modzelewski ⓘ
Ludwik Dorn ⓘ
Piotr Naimski ⓘ
Zofia Romaszewska ⓘ
operatedInPoliticalSystem Polish People's Republic ⓘ
opposedTo Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ
communist rule in Poland ⓘ
precededBy individual dissident initiatives in Poland ⓘ
purpose defend human rights ⓘ
provide financial aid to workers ⓘ
provide legal aid to workers ⓘ
support persecuted workers ⓘ
reorganizedAs Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR ⓘ
shortName KOR ⓘ
significantEvent June 1976 protests in Poland ⓘ
usedMethod fundraising ⓘ
legal defense ⓘ
public appeals ⓘ
samizdat ⓘ
underground publishing ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jacek Kuroń → politicalAffiliation → Workers' Defense Committee ⓘ
Jacek Kuroń → coFounded → Workers' Defense Committee ⓘ
Jacek Kuroń → memberOf → Workers' Defense Committee ⓘ
Petr Uhl → memberOf → Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted ⓘ
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Adam Michnik → memberOf → Workers' Defense Committee ⓘ
Adam Michnik → memberOf → Komitet Obrony Robotników ⓘ
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Polish opposition to communism → hasPart → Workers' Defense Committee ⓘ
Workers' Defense Committee → nativeName → Komitet Obrony Robotników ⓘ
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Jacek Kuroń → memberOf → Komitet Obrony Robotników ⓘ
subject linked to: Kuroń
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Jan Józef Lipski → memberOf → Workers' Defence Committee ⓘ
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Jan Józef Lipski → memberOf → Komitet Obrony Robotników ⓘ
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee