Workers' Defense Committee

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The Workers' Defense Committee was a Polish dissident organization formed in the 1970s to support persecuted workers and became a key precursor to the Solidarity movement and the broader democratic opposition to communist rule in Poland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dissident organization
non-governmental organization
opposition organization
country Poland
dissolved late 1970s
fieldOfWork civil liberties
human rights
workers' rights
followedBy Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR
foundedAfter June 1976 workers' protests
ideology democratic opposition to communism
inception 1976
influenced Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR
Solidarity
linked to: Solidarność
language Polish
location Warsaw
movement Polish democratic opposition
Solidarity movement precursor
nativeName Komitet Obrony Robotników
notableMember Adam Michnik
Andrzej Celiński
Aniela Steinsbergowa
Antoni Macierewicz
Bogdan Borusewicz
Henryk Wujec
Jacek Kuroń
Jan Józef Lipski
Józef Śreniowski
Kaja Godek
Karol Modzelewski
Ludwik Dorn
Piotr Naimski
Zofia Romaszewska
operatedInPoliticalSystem Polish People's Republic
opposedTo Polish United Workers' Party
communist rule in Poland
precededBy individual dissident initiatives in Poland
purpose defend human rights
provide financial aid to workers
provide legal aid to workers
support persecuted workers
reorganizedAs Committee for Social Self-Defense KOR
shortName KOR
significantEvent June 1976 protests in Poland
usedMethod fundraising
legal defense
public appeals
samizdat
underground publishing

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Jacek Kuroń politicalAffiliation Workers' Defense Committee
Jacek Kuroń coFounded Workers' Defense Committee
Jacek Kuroń memberOf Workers' Defense Committee
Petr Uhl memberOf Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Adam Michnik memberOf Workers' Defense Committee
Adam Michnik memberOf Komitet Obrony Robotników
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Polish opposition to communism hasPart Workers' Defense Committee
Workers' Defense Committee nativeName Komitet Obrony Robotników
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Jacek Kuroń memberOf Komitet Obrony Robotników
subject linked to: Kuroń
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Jan Józef Lipski memberOf Workers' Defence Committee
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee
Jan Józef Lipski memberOf Komitet Obrony Robotników
linked to: Workers' Defense Committee