Solidarnosc: A New Perspective on the Workers' Revolution and the Intellectual Opposition (Historical Materialism)

By Michał Siermiński

This award-winning work makes the case for all organic working-class character of the Polish Solidarnośc revolution of 1980-81.

Michal Siermiński debunks the canonical idea that the movement was orchestrated primarily by intellectuals from the democratic opposition, who brought consciousness to the workers "from the outside." Siermiński traces the origins of the Polish revolution to the self-activity and self-organization developed by the Polish working class during earlier protests, strikes, and occupations. The book convincingly demonstrates that Solidarnośc was driven by the working class's own aims, experiences and revolutionary instinct - often in direct opposition to the efforts of intellectuals to contain its radicalism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGQJZMB7
• ISBN13: 9798888909294
• Release Date: April 2027
• Publisher: Haymarket Books
• Length: 399 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 2.0" x 6.0"