at promoting certain ideals‚ or laws that the communist government banned or rejected. The movement was very successful at this‚ which was partially due to its large membership (10 million) and effective leadership under the former electrician Lech Walesa. Towards the final days of the Soviet Union‚ during the late 1980’s‚ 99 percent of the seats in the Polish Parliament were held by Solidarity‚ this was clearly a blow to the Polish communists and proved that the Soviet Union was losing control of
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reformers still were not happy. Citizens of Eastern Europe responded to economic and political problems by acting against the Communist dictatorships. In Poland‚ an independent trade union was formed‚ named Solidarity. Solidarity and its leader‚ Lech Walesa‚ demanded free elections and a role in government. In 1989‚ Solidarity won in an open election and Communist rule ended in Poland.
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State vs. Non-State When considering the use of violence and non-violence throughout history‚ or at least in the last 200 years‚ the term Manifest Destiny comes to mind. Although it is not in itself a violent or for that matter a “non-violent” action‚ the idea of Manifest Destiny gave Americans the attitude of God’s will for westward expansion which in turn lead to the violent relocation of the Native Americans‚ or First Peoples. Through laws‚ being the non-violent action of relocation‚ and war
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its leader. Although the crackdown of the labor movement only lasted 18 months‚ the banning of Solidarity would remain until 1989‚ forcing it to exist underground. After more worker strikes in 1988‚ members of the communist government requested Lech Walesa and other Solidarity leaders to participate in what is known as the “Round Table Talks.” The outcome of these meetings resulted in the legalization of labor parties‚ the existence of plural political parties‚ and the agreement to hold general elections
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General Certificate of Secondary Education June 2013 History Specification B 40451 Unit 1: International Relations: Conflict and Peace in the Twentieth Century Monday 3 June 2013 1.30 pm to 3.15 pm For this paper you must have: an AQA 12-page answer book. Time allowed 1 hour 45 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA. The Paper Reference is
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Paper 2‚ 2010. 1) No source B 2) Source D is a speech given by Lech Walesa‚ the leader of Solidarity‚ about his trade union and its aims. He states that their goal was never to reach for power but to create a union “founded and shaped by the working people themselves.” He describes Solidarity as a powerful movement for social and moral ‘liberation’. Furthermore‚ Walesa states that Solidarity never turned against the ruling government and that it was a peaceful movement. He later claims
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The final stage of the Cold War began with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and President Reagan’s reference to the Soviet Union as “that evil empire”. Then‚ at the end of the 1980’s‚ the USSR started to lose control of its satellite countries due to factors such as Solidarity in Poland‚ where they wanted greater freedom. The strikes brought the country to a halt and even Gorbachev was encouraging greater freedoms in the USSR and satellite countries. By nineteen ninety one‚ the USSR had disintegrated
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HISTORY OF MILITARY COUP VIOLATING DEMOCRACY Military coup of 1973 - CHILE Salvador Allende (pronounced Ayen-they). He was then the President of Chile‚ a country in South America. Allende was the founder leader of the Socialist Party of Chile. In 1970‚ after being elected the President‚ Allende had taken several policy decisions to help the poor and the workers. These included reform of the educational system‚ free milk for children and redistribution of land to the landless farmers. He was
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The Poles who were West Slavic people established Poland in the late 5th century. History was first written in the 10th century about Poland when the Polish nation changed into Christianity in 966. Prince Mieszko I was the first ruler and his son‚ Boleslaw I‚ was the first king of Poland. This established the Piast dynasty that lasted from 966 to 1370. During the Piast dynasty there where Piast kings with a lot of rivalries from nobility and Bohemian and Germanic invasions that made Poland a
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leader’s ideology. Using force or causing riots to prove a point is an illegal action and can lead to prosecution of the perpetrators thus undermining their position. Peaceful protest is much more likely to be successful. * An example of this is Lech Walesa’s involvement in the Gdansk shipyard strikes in Poland in 1980 which persuaded the then communist government to sign an accord with the strike coordinating committee and allowed not only the workers the right to strike but also permitted them
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