This paper presents programme proposals of the social democratic (socialist) fraction of political opposition in Poland in the 1980’s, and especially its organized part. This fraction’s programme was inspired by the ideas and traditions of Polish independence and democratic socialism, symbolized by the pre-war PPS. The paper discusses selected issues raised by the Polish socialists in order to briefly show the programme proposals developed by this fraction of political opposition.
The Liberal Democratic party “Niepodległość”/“Independence” was a radically anti-communist party and its aim was to overthrow the communist regime and make Poland an independent country, for the party had no doubt that other elements of its agenda could be realised only after Poland achieved independence. Its uncompromising anti-communist stance made the party reject the agreements made at the Round Table. The LDPN advocated political and economic liberalism, combining it with an attachment to a conservative and Christian canon of values.
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