Poland Riots (jan 9, 1970 – mar 19, 1989)
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Severe food shortages provoked riots in the city of Gdansk. A witness to those riots was a young electrician named Lech Walesa became involved in anti-Communist union organizing and lost his job after helping to lead a protest in 1976. Union activity spread throughout Poland, forming an alliance called Solidarity. The Communist government launched a crackdown in 1981, banning Solidarity and jailing its leaders, including Walesa.
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