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The signing of the Gdansk Agreements in August 1980 signaled the
birth of the Solidarity independent trae union movement. The
sixteen months that followed until the December 1981 declaration of
martial law remain one of the most fascinating chapter in the
history of communist states. But the events of August 1980 did not
materialize from thin air. The groundwork for Solidarity was
prepared five years before when a group of dissident intellectuals
gathered to boldly proclaim their solidarity with persecuted
workers at Random and Ursus. This group called itself the Komitet
Obrony Robotnikow (KOR) or the Worker's Defense
Committee. What was KOR? What were the social and political
circumstances that lead to its formation? And how did it presage a
movement that would come to symbolize the hopes of a whole
generation of Poles? The answers to these questions lie in the rare
insights provided by one of Poland's most respected historians, Jan
Jozef Lipski, who was also a found and active member of KOR. His
book, translated from the Polish, is a meticulously detailed,
insider's account of KOR from its formation in 1976 to its
dissolution of 1981 when it was subsumed by the more powerful
movement of mass, organized protest, Solidarity. The history of KOR
is painted on the broad canvass of Polish society, in a manner
which sheds light on the roles of other actors--workers, peasants,
government officials, the Catholic Church, the Soviet Union--who
also had a hand in shaping events during this period. KOR: A
History of the Workers' Defense Committee in Poland is a work of
first-rate importance unlike any other published in the West. It
provides a deep insight into the origins of events in Poland, and
will also inform those intersted in the process of liberation
elsewhere in Eastern Europe. Although written with a historian's
attention to detail and objectivity, it is a riveting work of
sustained dramatic tension. For Lipski is a dissident who writes
about Poland from Poland and the history he writes about is till in
the making. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived
program, which commemorates University of California Press's
mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them
voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893,
Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1985.Â
The signing of the Gdansk Agreements in August 1980 signaled the
birth of the Solidarity independent trae union movement. The
sixteen months that followed until the December 1981 declaration of
martial law remain one of the most fascinating chapter in the
history of communist states. But the events of August 1980 did not
materialize from thin air. The groundwork for Solidarity was
prepared five years before when a group of dissident intellectuals
gathered to boldly proclaim their solidarity with persecuted
workers at Random and Ursus. This group called itself the Komitet
Obrony Robotnikow (KOR) or the Worker's Defense
Committee. What was KOR? What were the social and political
circumstances that lead to its formation? And how did it presage a
movement that would come to symbolize the hopes of a whole
generation of Poles? The answers to these questions lie in the rare
insights provided by one of Poland's most respected historians, Jan
Jozef Lipski, who was also a found and active member of KOR. His
book, translated from the Polish, is a meticulously detailed,
insider's account of KOR from its formation in 1976 to its
dissolution of 1981 when it was subsumed by the more powerful
movement of mass, organized protest, Solidarity. The history of KOR
is painted on the broad canvass of Polish society, in a manner
which sheds light on the roles of other actors--workers, peasants,
government officials, the Catholic Church, the Soviet Union--who
also had a hand in shaping events during this period. KOR: A
History of the Workers' Defense Committee in Poland is a work of
first-rate importance unlike any other published in the West. It
provides a deep insight into the origins of events in Poland, and
will also inform those intersted in the process of liberation
elsewhere in Eastern Europe. Although written with a historian's
attention to detail and objectivity, it is a riveting work of
sustained dramatic tension. For Lipski is a dissident who writes
about Poland from Poland and the history he writes about is till in
the making. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived
program, which commemorates University of California Press's
mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them
voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893,
Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship
accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title
was originally published in 1985.Â
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