{"slug": "solidarity-polish-trade-union", "label": "Solidarity (Polish trade union)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_%28Polish_trade_union%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1003", "qid": "Q1003", "description": "Polish trade union federation evolved into broad anti-authoritarian social movement", "entries": 11, "years": 6, "span": [1979, 1989], "span_label": ["1979 CE", "1989 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "pope-john-paul-ii", "label": "Pope John Paul II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "central-europe", "label": "Central Europe", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "communist", "label": "Communist", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vatican-city", "label": "Vatican City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "communism", "label": "Communism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eastern-europe", "label": "Eastern Europe", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gdansk", "label": "Gdańsk", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 2", "text": "June 2 – Pope John Paul II arrives in his native Poland on his first official, nine-day stay, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country. This visit, known as nine days that changed the world, brings about the solidarity of the Polish people against Communism, ultimately leading to the rise of the Solidarity movement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#June", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – Victory of the strike in Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland. The Gdańsk Agreement is signed, opening a way to start the first free (i.e. not state-controlled) trade union in the communist bloc, \"Solidarity\" (Solidarność).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363797378#August", "title": "1980", "revid": 1363797378, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363797378#September", "title": "1980", "revid": 1363797378, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – The Polish government recognizes Solidarity.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363797378#October", "title": "1980", "revid": 1363797378, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – Pope John Paul II receives a delegation led by Polish Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa at the Vatican.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#January", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – Wojciech Jaruzelski declares martial law in Poland, to prevent the dismantling of the communist system by Solidarity.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#December", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – Poland bans the Solidarity trade union after having suspended it on December 13, 1981.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#October", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 19", "text": "October 19 – Polish secret police kidnapped and assassinated Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, a Catholic priest who supported the Solidarity movement. His body was found in a reservoir 11 days later on October 30.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#October", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – The Government of the People's Republic of Poland holds formal talks with representatives of Solidarity movement for the first time since 1981.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#February", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – The Polish Government and the Solidarity trade union sign an agreement restoring Solidarity to legal status, and agreeing to hold democratic elections on June 4 (Polish Round Table Agreement), which initiates the 1989 revolution and the overthrow of communism in Central Europe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#April", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – 1989 Polish legislative election: Solidarity's victory in the first round is the first of many anti-communist revolutions of 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#June", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › June"}}]}