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solidarity power in poland

Answer 1

Poland was ruled by the Polish United Worker's Party, a communist party. Poeple could not freely choose their leaders, and the USSR was in control of the government of Polad. On August 14, the workers of Lennin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland when on strike. The strike began with a demand to take back a women worker who was dismissed from work by the government. Lech Walesa, a worker dismissed in 1976 for demanding higher pay, became the leader of the strikes. The strikes expanded to the whole city and became so poplular that the government had to give in. A 21 point agreement was signed, and independent trade unions were allowed to be formed legally. Solidarity was thus formed. When the government decided to hold elections in 1989, Solidarity won 99 seats out of 100. Lech Walesa won the presidential elections that were held in 1990.

Answer 2

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Solidarity gave rise to a broad, non-violent, anti-communist social movement that, at its height, claimed some 9.4 million members. It is considered to have contributed greatly to the fall of communism. ... In the 1990s, Solidarity's influence on Poland's political scene waned.