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{{Short description|1981 government crackdown on a strike in Bydgoszcz, Poland}}
{{Expand Russian|date=September 2017}}<!-- Ironically, the Russian version is way more detailed than the Polish one
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[[Image:WieczorWroclawia20marca1981.jpg|thumb|350px|right|March 20–21, 1981, issue of ''Wieczór Wrocławia'' (The [[Wrocław]] Evening). Blank spaces remain after the government [[Censorship|censor]] has pulled articles from page 1 (''right'', "What happened at [[Bydgoszcz]]?") and from the last page (''left'', "Country-wide strike alert"), leaving only their headlines. The printers—[[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity-trade-union]] members—decided to run the newspaper as it was, with blank spaces intact to avoid concealing the censorship. The bottom of page 1 of this master copy bears the hand-written Solidarity confirmation of that decision.]]
The '''Bydgoszcz events''' ({{lang-pl|wypadki bydgoskie}})
It was a turning point in the early history of Solidarity. Following the registration of Solidarity by the authorities of Poland in 1980, the farmers were also pushing for creation of a separate trade union, independent from the official system of power. The ''NSZZ RI Solidarność'' (Independent Self-Governing Trade Union of Individual Farmers ''Solidarity'', also called [[Rural Solidarity]]) was created, but not legalized by the authorities. Because of that, on
This forced the authorities to finally hold the meeting of the Voivodeship National Council, a governing body of the [[Bydgoszcz Voivodeship]]. The meeting was attended by several members of Solidarity, among them [[Jan Rulewski]], [[Mariusz Łabentowicz]] and [[Roman Bartoszcze]], who were to explain the reasons for the strike. However, the Council decided not to discuss the issue of Rural Solidarity, which made the members of Solidarity protest and they refused to leave the session. The authorities responded by calling in the [[Citizen's Militia]] and the [[ZOMO]], who entered the seat of the Council and forcibly removed the delegates of Solidarity.
Even though the authorities had a monopoly on media, the underground press reported
The events were extensively covered by the publication project "Kryzys Bydgoski 1981", a three-volume edition: a monograph with a DVD with film "14 dni. Prowokacja bydgoska", a collection of documents, and a collection of witness testimonies.
==See also==
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==External links==
*[[Lech Dymarski]], ''[http://aneks.kulturaliberalna.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/44-dymarski-por-With-Watermark.pdf Porozumienie Warszawskie]'', ''Aneks'' 44, 1986
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815165442/http://encyklopedia.sw.org.pl/storage/filmoteka/ProwokacjaBydgoska-1981.wmv Documental movie (promotional material, sound and subtitles in Polish)]
[[Category:1981 labor disputes and strikes]]
[[Category:1981 in Poland]]
[[Category:Events in Bydgoszcz]]
[[Category:Solidarity (Polish trade union)]]
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