HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Ramiz Alia, Tosk Albanian, Central Asia
Document Summary
Solidarity continues underground, but unable to come back aboveground. Gdansk workers go on strike, put down in 3 days. 1983 martial law lifted, but constitution is changed to allow for police control. Pope john paul ii and catholic church still able to remain defiant. Jerzy popieluszko preached in favor of solidarity and helped its underground members. 4 secret policemen tried, sent to prison in 1985. Many other bloc countries, yugoslavia had debt in the millions or billions even. Regimes needed to borrow money to better living conditions to pacify population. Loans generally used for consumption, not investments. Only czechoslovakia was able to modernize their industry. Jaruzelski coming to believe that austerity would be necessary. Had strong consumer market due to new economic mechanism. Collective farms could open auxiliary businesses farm/factory workers allowed to use work equipment for personal gain. 1982, hungary joins imf and world bank. Receives loans, but in turn must implement austerity and sacrifice living.
