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Solidarnosc—narodziny ruchu (Solidarity: The Birth of the Movement) focuses most closely on the sixteen-month period from the founding of Solidarity in September 1980 to the imposition of martial law in December 1981. Through these documents, the reader/scholar can trace the stages in the history of Solidarity--from the individual strike committees to the inter-factory strike committee and finally, to the founding congress of Solidarity as a self-governing national trade union, independent of the Communist party. The collection also documents the role of the party-state and its institutions, especially the courts, the Ministry of the Interior, the local police, and the Polish United Workers’ Party--the ruling Communist party of Poland.