Solidarność

E162335

political movement social movement trade union

Solidarność is the Polish trade union and social movement founded in 1980 that played a central role in opposing communist rule and advancing democratic change in Poland.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Solidarity	18
Solidarność canonical	2
Independent Self-governing Trade Union "Solidarity"	1
NSZZ "Solidarność"	1
Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność"	1
Polish trade union Solidarity	1
Solidarity (trade union)	1
Solidarity movement (via Lech Wałęsa)	1
Solidarity opposition to communist rule in Poland	1
Solidarity trade union (historically)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1405278 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Solidarność
Context triple: [Solidarity, alsoKnownAs, Solidarność]

A. Esplanade Solidarność 1980
Esplanade Solidarność 1980 is a public square and pedestrian esplanade in Brussels named in honor of the Polish Solidarity movement of 1980.
B. Żegota
Żegota was a clandestine Polish World War II organization dedicated to rescuing and aiding Jews under Nazi occupation.
C. Grossaktion Warsaw
Grossaktion Warsaw was the mass deportation and extermination campaign carried out by Nazi Germany in 1942 that led to the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, primarily at the Treblinka death camp.
D. Service for Poland’s Victory
Service for Poland’s Victory was an early World War II Polish resistance organization that laid the groundwork for the later Polish Underground State.
E. Redłowo
Redłowo is a coastal district of the Polish city of Gdynia, known for its residential character and proximity to the Baltic Sea.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Solidarność
Target entity description: Solidarność is the Polish trade union and social movement founded in 1980 that played a central role in opposing communist rule and advancing democratic change in Poland.

A. Esplanade Solidarność 1980
Esplanade Solidarność 1980 is a public square and pedestrian esplanade in Brussels named in honor of the Polish Solidarity movement of 1980.
B. Żegota
Żegota was a clandestine Polish World War II organization dedicated to rescuing and aiding Jews under Nazi occupation.
C. Grossaktion Warsaw
Grossaktion Warsaw was the mass deportation and extermination campaign carried out by Nazi Germany in 1942 that led to the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto, primarily at the Treblinka death camp.
D. Service for Poland’s Victory
Service for Poland’s Victory was an early World War II Polish resistance organization that laid the groundwork for the later Polish Underground State.
E. Redłowo
Redłowo is a coastal district of the Polish city of Gdynia, known for its residential character and proximity to the Baltic Sea.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ trade union ⓘ
abbreviation	Solidarność self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NSZZ "Solidarność"
associatedWith	Polish 1980 strikes ⓘ surface form: Gdańsk Shipyard strikes of August 1980
coreDemand	freedom of speech ⓘ independent trade unions ⓘ release of political prisoners ⓘ right to strike ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
founded	1980 ⓘ
foundedAt	Gdańsk Shipyard ⓘ
foundedIn	Gdańsk ⓘ
founder	Lech Wałęsa ⓘ
fullName	Solidarność self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność"
headquarters	Gdańsk ⓘ
ideology	Catholic social teaching ⓘ anti-communism ⓘ democracy ⓘ
influenced	Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ surface form: Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia democratic opposition in the Soviet Union ⓘ dissident movements in Eastern Bloc ⓘ
inspiredBy	workers' strikes in Gdańsk in 1980 ⓘ
keyEvent	Gdańsk Agreement ⓘ surface form: Gdańsk Agreement of August 1980 Round Table Talks of 1989 ⓘ surface form: Round Table Talks in 1989 imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981 ⓘ
leader	Lech Wałęsa ⓘ
legalStatus	banned in 1981 ⓘ legalized in 1980 ⓘ re-legalized in 1989 ⓘ
membershipPeak	about 10 million members ⓘ
movementType	mass social movement ⓘ
notableLeader	Andrzej Gwiazda ⓘ Anna Walentynowicz ⓘ Bogdan Borusewicz ⓘ Tadeusz Mazowiecki ⓘ
operatingLanguage	Polish ⓘ
opposed	Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ communist rule in Poland ⓘ
politicalWing	Solidarity Citizens' Committee ⓘ
recognizedAs	first independent trade union in a Warsaw Pact country ⓘ
recognizedBy	Nobel Peace Prize to Lech Wałęsa in 1983 ⓘ
region	Eastern and Central Europe ⓘ surface form: Central and Eastern Europe
roleInHistory	contributed to the fall of communism in Eastern Europe ⓘ pioneered non-violent resistance to communist regimes ⓘ
supportedBy	Catholic Church in Poland ⓘ Pope John Paul II ⓘ
symbol	red Solidarność logo ⓘ
transformedInto	Solidarity Electoral Action ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

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

Solidarity movement → alsoKnownAs → Solidarność ⓘ

subject surface form: Solidarity

Round Table Talks of 1989 → hasParticipant → Solidarność ⓘ