Wieści (News) (1977–1983) - a periodical of the Polish Peasant Party in Exile (the Brussels-Washington section)

• Authors: Arkadiusz Indraszczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article examines the origins and the contents of the quarterly Wieści (News) published bwteen 1977 and 1983 by the Brussels-Washington section of the party headed by Hanna Chorążyna, Stanisław Bańczyk and Józef Rzemieniewski. The editors committed themselves to keeping a healthy distance from internal party rivalries and focusing instead on the developments in rural Poland. Their plan panned out as the periodical became a reputable source of information about issues like the retirement pension for farmers, the rise of the Farmers’ Self-Defence committees in 1978 - a forerunner of the Rural Solidarity Movement of 1980 - and the history of the Polish agrarian parties.

Keywords

EN

Polish expatriate press in the 20th century; Polish political parties in exile; Polish Peasant Party in Exile; Wieści (News); Hanna Chorążyna (1914–1999); Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt (1916–2001); the Rural Solidarity organization; „Wieści”; Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe na Uchodźstwie; Hanna Chorążyna; Tadeusz Chciuk-Celt (Marek Celt); Solidarność Wiejska

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Rocznik Historii Prasy Polskiej
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2016

online

2017-06-17

Contributors

author

Arkadiusz Indraszczyk