To what extent did Solidarity contribute to undermining Communism in Poland? :: European Europe History

To what extent did Solidarity contribute to undermining communism in Poland?Communism in Poland was self-consciously the workers-state, largely responsible for creating the modern Polish works class by means of industrialization and raising expectations of equality and of higher living standards. It is widely believed that Solidarity undermined Communism in Poland, partly by disrupting the Communist program of proceeds by means of strikes, but more by transferring the trust and loyalty of the Polish community from Communism to itself. The supposed adversaries of Polish workers - the church building, the officer class, the national leadership - were in fact combined by Solidarity as allies of the workers to break the metro of Communism to reform. What the state never appreciated in Poland was that it was seen as Russian, oppressive, and corrupt, having created the working class they then, in line with Marxs prediction, demonstrated their control of the means of production (strik es) and undermined Communism in Poland. However, one cannot ignore the pull of the capitalist westward in displacing communism in the look of the people. In this essay I plan to show the extent to which Solidarity was responsible for undermining communism and also to top dog how far other factors, such as the Poles hatred of Russians, their strong allegiance to the Catholic church, and the raging Cold War, displaced communism in the eyes, and from the hearts of the people. Solidarity vitiated Polish Communism providing a vehicle of transmission for years of grievances against a government out of touch with the ideals of the Polish people. This is shown below in the return taken from http//encarta.msn.com/find/MediaMax.asp. Solidarity took workers grievances, and grafted onto them more general national grievances (Russian dictatorship, suppression of the church etc.). Photographs of Solidarity led demonstrations show how they united people to scrap what they believed to be wron g. The challenge to the governments principles undermined it as a unit, lost any credibility, and weakened it in the eyes and minds of the people. Solidarity not only weakened Communism by providing an organized get for grievances, but also gave people new ideas, as seen in the 1980 Gdansk promise, article 4, issued by Solidarity To re-establish the rights...of all students who have been excluded from...higher education because of their opinions This idea of palliate speech and thought was new as Communists devoted mass energies to suppressing this. The church also received active support, where it had been oppressed by the government, turning the populace towards Solidarity, and against the present government, this possibly being Solidaritys trump card.