Workers' Councils in Poland
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Workers' Councils in Poland (
History
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The 1905 Revolution
Workers' councils emerged as a form of direct working class self-organisation on lands of the
1918–1919
In this period, most of the councils were formed in east-central Poland.
The main organisations behind the initiative were the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania and the Polish Socialist Party – Left, which soon merged to form the Communist Workers Party of Poland. Other workers' organisations and parties competed for influence within the councils as well, including the Polish Socialist Party, the Bund in Poland and the National Workers' Union.[7]
The councils were dismantled around July 1919, following the withdrawal of the Polish Socialist Party (which in many cases had a council majority), and suppression by the Polish government, which saw the councils as a barrier to the formation of a Polish state.[8]
After World War II
Apart from the 1905–1907 and 1918–1919 periods, workers' councils in Poland had also been set up in 1944–1947 in the aftermath of
See also
References
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- ^ Robert Blobaum, Feliks Dzierzynski and the SDKPiL: A Study of the Origins of Polish Communism, page 123
- ^ (in Polish) REWOLUCJA 1905-07 NA ZIEMIACH POLSKICH, Encyklopedia Interia, retrieved on 8 April 2008
- ISBN 9788365304599.
- ISBN 9788365304599.
- ^ Dyjbas (2017-04-17). "Interactive map of workers' councils (1917-1927)". libcom.org. Retrieved 2021-07-30.
- ^ "Rady Delegatów Robotniczych w Polsce". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
- ^ Kuhn, Rick (2007). Henryk Grossman and the Recovery of Marxism. p. 97.
- ^ Kenney, Padraic (1997). Rebuilding Poland: Workers and Communists, 1945–1950.
- ^ "Rady robotnicze". Portal Wiedzy w Onet. Retrieved July 30, 2015.