JUNE, 1956 WORKERS IN THE CUTY OF POZAN DECIDED TO REVOLT

THE SOVIET TANKS ROLL IN, JUST LIKE IN CZECHOSLAVAKIA

BY THE WAY, KRUSCHEV IS PREMIER AND THIS DOESN’T LOOK GOOD TO IKE!

KRUSCHEV AND GOMULKA RELAX WHEN THE POLISH PRESIDENT TELLS HIM THAT HE WILL NOT LEAVE THE WARSAW PACT.

THE POLES TRUSTED GOMULKA, BUT THEY GET NO NEW FREEDOMS ANYWAY.

FAST FORWARD TO THE 1980’S

IN THE 1970’S THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF FOOD AND FOOD PRICES SHOT UP 60%!!1976: WORKERS STRIKE AGAIN1980: SHIPYARD WORKERS OCCUPY THE PORT

ALL THESE WORKERS WANT 5 THINGS;1. LEGAL TRADE UNIONS2. LOWER FOOD PRICES3. WAGE INCREASES4. NO MORE CENSORSHIP OF NEWSPAPERS AND TV5. CATHOLIC CHURCHES TO REOPEN.

LECH WALESA

SOLIDARITY: A WORKER’S LABOR UNION

1981: GENERAL JARUZELSKI HE ARRESTS WALESA, BANS SOLIDARITY AND

DECLARES MARTIAL LAW!

1983: WALESA IS RELEASED FROM PRISON AND WINS THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

IN ADDITION, THE POLISH COMMUNIST SECURITY FORCES KILL A CATHOLIC PRIEST. DISOBEYING

ORDERS NOT TO GO, 350,000 MOURNERS SHOW UP AT THE FUNERAL

REMEMBER, IN EASTERN EUROPE (POLAND AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA)

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HELD GREAT POWER

- 1988: food prices go up 44% again and strikes rise up, led by Solidarity

- Margaret Thatcher, the first female Prime Minister of England, states that any $$$ to Poland will be tied to the legalization of Solidarity,.

1989

RUSSIA ADMITS TO THE KATYN FOREST MASSACRE OF 1940

(THEY KILLED 47,000 POLES WHEN THE SOVIET UNION MOVED INTO POLAND AFTER THE

HITLER-STALIN NAZI-SOVIET PACT OF 1939)

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ELECTIONS FOR THE SENATE!!!!!ELECTIONS FOR 35% OF PARLIAMENT

SOLIDARITY WINS 160/161 SEATS IN THE SENATE AND 99/100 PARLIAMENT

RUSSIA’S RESPONSE:

- THE BREZHNEV DOCTRINE WAS OVER

- GORBACHEV MADE IT CLEAR THAT THEY WOULD NOT INTERVENE AND THAT POLES WOULD NOW HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE

(THE SINATRA DOCTRINE)

THE SINATRA DOCTRINE

1989: POLAND IS FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LECH WALESA: THE 1ST POLISH PRESIDENT

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