History A-Level
Solidarity
What Solidarity means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Solidarity
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The first independent trade union in a Warsaw Pact state, which emerged in 1980 and evolved into a broad social movement.
Topics that use Solidarity
- 2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only) – 'Real existing Socialism', 1968–1980 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Brezhnev Doctrine
- Gdańsk Agreement
- Goulash Communism
- Human rights
- Normalisation
- Political pluralism
- Real existing socialism
- Religious opposition
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