Workers' Defense Committee

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dissident organization non-governmental organization opposition organization

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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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted 1

Statements (49)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAfter June 1976 workers' protests ⓘ
ideology democratic opposition to communism ⓘ
inception 1976 ⓘ
influenced Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solidarity NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Polish ⓘ
location Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement Polish democratic opposition ⓘ
Solidarity movement precursor ⓘ
nativeName Komitet Obrony Robotników NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember Adam Michnik NERFINISHED ⓘ
Andrzej Celiński NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aniela Steinsbergowa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antoni Macierewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bogdan Borusewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Henryk Wujec NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jacek Kuroń NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jan Józef Lipski NERFINISHED ⓘ
Józef Śreniowski NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaja Godek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karol Modzelewski NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ludwik Dorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Piotr Naimski NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zofia Romaszewska NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInPoliticalSystem Polish People's Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedTo Polish United Workers' Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName KOR NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent June 1976 protests in Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedMethod fundraising ⓘ
legal defense ⓘ
public appeals ⓘ
samizdat ⓘ
underground publishing ⓘ

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Jacek Kuroń → politicalAffiliation → Workers' Defense Committee ⓘ
Jacek Kuroń → coFounded → Workers' Defense Committee ⓘ
Jacek Kuroń → memberOf → Workers' Defense Committee ⓘ
Petr Uhl → memberOf → Workers' Defense Committee ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted