Word: kania
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crisis made reluctant -and doubtless temporary -allies of Walesa and Communist Party Boss Stanislaw Kania. Since returning from a visit to the Vatican last month, Walesa has been preaching moderation in Solidarity's dealings with the government, to the annoyance of radicals among the union's 10,000 members. Solidarity, he urged, must remain united, and must concentrate on such basic economic grievances as the five-day work week and the recognition of an independent farmers' union, Rural Solidarity...
...increasingly obvious that the government had no intention of retreating either. Party Boss Stanislaw Kania had already begun to harden his policy toward the fledgling labor movement. Two weeks ago, Kania publicly denounced some of Rural Solidarity's advisers as "counter-revolutionaries," thereby casting serious doubt on any chance for the farm union's legalization. Riot police were sent to break up sit-ins in Nowy Sacz and Ustrzyki Dolne. Though authorities stopped short of ousting the 400 workers and farmers occupying the old official union offices in Rzeszow, they refused to enter into any negotiations with...
...escalating demands could bring on a Soviet invasion. These worries were heightened by the arrival in Warsaw last week of Soviet Marshal Viktor Kulikov, commander in chief of Warsaw Pact Joint Armed Forces. Western observers interpreted Kulikov's visit as both a gesture of support for the Kania regime and a warning to the restive workers. Some analysts speculated that Kulikov may have discussed plans for joint maneuvers on Polish soil-an operation that could serve as a cover for Soviet intervention...
...member independent farmers' union that has been seeking official recognition since September. Farm leaders had taken heart when the Supreme Court deferred a final decision on the group's legal status last month. That optimism now seems ill-founded. In his tough speech to party members, Kania declared: "We register our categorical opposition to all attempts at inciting the countryside, at sowing anarchy, or creating a political opposition." Among the organizers of the new farmers' movement, Kania charged, were "those who make no secret of their antisocialist or-to put it bluntly -counterrevolutionary designs...
From its beginning, Walesa's independent trade union movement and the Polish Catholic Church have benefited from each other's support. But the church has taken a consistently conciliatory line toward the Communist government of Party Chief Stanislaw Kania, a fact that has irritated Solidarity's militants. The Pope last week seemed intent on soothing the ruffled workers and enhancing Walesa's stature. Observing that his visitor spoke extemporaneously in his public remarks after their library talk, the Pope held up his own carefully prepared notes and joked: "Mr. Walesa is a young...