International Relations
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- Created on: 28-11-12 19:09
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- The rise of Solidarity
- By the late 1970s the Polish economy was near to collapse
- Solidarity formed in Gdansk shipyards, 1980
- Solidarity demands political and religious freedoms
- Jaruzelski declares martial law, December 1981. Walesa arrested, Solidarity banned
- International pressure leads to release of Walesa, 1982
- Gorbachev comes to power in Soviet Union, 1985, and withdraws strong support of Jaruzelski. Solidarity the real power in Poland
- Jaruzelski allows free elections, 1989
- Walesa becomes President in Poland's first non-communist government, 1990
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