| Summary: | Topical reviews of Polish samizdat publications in English prepared by RFE staff members to be used by different national broadcasting units. PIPR was published from 1986 until November 1989 as a continuation of Polish Underground Extracts (PUE).
Compensation for Striking Workers / by Anna PomianThe Solidarity Commission on Intervention and Lawlessness has compensated workers in Poland for most of the financial losses they incurred while on strike. The commission, which monitors violations of human rights, continues to record cases of repression.
A Nonstriker's Views on Why the Strikes Failed To Spread / by Anna PomianIn an interview for the underground biweekly KOS, worker who is active in the clandestine Solidarity commission in one of the major factories in Warsaw, explains why the strikes failed to spread, blaming lack of expertise among the workers, lack of initiative on the part of Solidarity leadership, as well as the lack of persuasive slogans.
The Lighter Side of the Strikes / by Anna PomianAs more independent reports have become available, it has become apparent that strikes last August had their own distinctive character in each of the major centers; it would seem that the atmosphere in Gdańsk was particularly relaxed as workers devised a number of ways to keep boredom at bay.
Kornel Morawiecki Returns to Poland / by Anna PomianKornel Morawiecki, the leader of the Wroclaw-based Solidarity splinter group Fighting Solidarity, who was deported from Poland on May 4, has returned clandestinely to Poland, resumed his leadership of the organization, and gone into hiding once again.
Profiles of Major Independent Polish Publications: Niezależna Agencja Informacyjna - NAI. "Biuletyn NAI" / by Witold Pronobis"Niezależna Agencja Informacyjna - NAI" is the largest of Poland's several independent press agencies. Since 1982 it has been publishing the regular Warsaw biweekly "Biuletyn NAI."
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