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Article: One more round in Poland. (struggling for self-determination)
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- The New Leader
- Article date:
- May 2, 1988
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One More Round in Poland
STRUGGLING FOR SELF-DETERMINATION BY ANNA HUSARSKA
A FEELING of deja vu was perhaps inevitable. As in August 1980, when nationwide strikes in Poland led to the creation of the Solidarity trade union, in May 1988 the gate at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk was on the front pages. Price hikes had once more triggered social unrest. The strikers' demands -- salary raises, reinstatement of those unlawfully dismissed, recognition of their independent union -- also sounded familiar. Yet not since the first major revolt against the regime over three decades ago have Poland's periodic upheavals been mere repetitions. Each has taught the ...