Strike

On 25th June, 1976, workers of Radom, Poland, took the streets in a protest against the communist authorities. It wasn’t an organized riot, the idea of “Solidarność” was not yet ripe, no structures existed to lead workers protest. They didn’t arrange it. They just couldn’t bare another wave of humiliation. The price of meat was to rise by 69 %, sugar by 100 %. But it wasn’t about the meat or the sugar after all. The idea was to manifest that they are humans. They want a just and free country. Without fear and delusions of success. The protest lasted until the communist authorities decided to call off the price rises. It was the first time ever for the communist government to give way to workers’ demands. Many of protesters suffered in custodies and prisons, which no one at that time knew about. Poland had to wait 13 more years for the fall of communism but that protest paved the way for Solidarność to achieve success. This story aimed to wake the memory about their silent victory that changed everything.