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.
Aliases (9)
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
political movement
→
social movement → trade union → |
| aim |
democratization of Poland
→
free trade unions → political reform → workers' rights → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Solidarność
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| continent |
Europe
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| country |
Poland
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| foundedBy |
Gdańsk Shipyard workers
→
Lech Wałęsa → |
| hasAward |
Nobel Peace Prize to Lech Wałęsa in 1983
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| hasPart |
Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee
→
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| hasPoliticalWing |
Solidarity Electoral Action
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| headquarters |
Gdańsk
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| ideology |
Catholic social teaching
→
anti-communism → democracy → |
| inception |
1980
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| influenced |
Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
→
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
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|
| legalStatus |
legal from 1980 to 1981
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outlawed from 1981 to 1989 → re-legalized in 1989 → |
| locationFounded |
Gdańsk
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| memberCount |
about 10 million members at its peak
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| 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
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| originatedFrom |
Gdańsk Shipyard strikes
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| recognizedAs |
first independent trade union in the Eastern Bloc
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| religion |
Roman Catholicism (dominant among members)
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| 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
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| supportedBy |
Catholic Church in Poland
→
Pope John Paul II → |
| timePeriod |
1980s
→
|
| usedMethod |
civil resistance
→
negotiations → strikes → |
Referenced by (16)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970
→
Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 ("Polish anti-communist opposition") → |
associatedWith |
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Esplanade Solidarność 1980
("Solidarity movement of 1980")
→
European Solidarity Centre → |
dedicatedTo |
|
Gdańsk
("Solidarity trade union")
→
|
associatedWithOrganization |
|
Polish People’s Republic
→
|
event |
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Gdańsk
→
|
knownFor |
|
Lech Kaczyński
→
|
movement |
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Esplanade Solidarność 1980
→
|
namedAfter |
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Poland
→
|
notableHistoricalEvent |
|
Służba Bezpieczeństwa
→
|
opposed |
|
Polish United Workers' Party
("Solidarity (trade union)")
→
|
opposedBy |
|
Edward Gierek
("Solidarity movement period")
→
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participantIn |
|
Eastern Bloc
("Polish Solidarity movement")
→
|
significantEvent |
|
Revolutions of 1989
("Solidarity movement in Poland")
→
|
significantParticipant |
|
Pope John Paul II
("Solidarity (Polish trade union)")
→
|
supportedMovement |