and demands. They began what eventually led to the legalization of trade unions. They played for the high stakes, they issued ultimatums that said that they would not negotiate until all political prisoners were freed. These were demands that previously would not have been made. With both groups working together, both benefited. The government, having no choice, complied. The rest, as they say, is history.The Solidarity Union would soon have ten million members, one-third of the Polish workforce. The changes that ensued promised the downfall of socialism in Poland. Although martial law slowed down the process in 1981, Solidarity was working in the underground. Solidarity forced the roundtable talks that led to free elections in 1989, and the eventual fall of communism, not only in Poland, but in all the Soviet bloc countries. The work of the Polish worker, and that of the Polish intellectual accomplished what many thought would never happen. Poland is a country with a history of uprisings, all of which failed, except for this one. No other movement connected the Polish intelligentsia and the Polish worker. Would Polish insurrections have worked earlier in history if this was also the case? One can always second guess, but it is clear the changes that occurred in Poland, occurred because of the intellectuals working with the workers. They had the vision, the workers had the mass to demand that vision to become a reality.Bibliographic ReportLamb, Matthew. Solidarity with victims: Towards a Theology of Social Transformation.New York: Crossroad, 1982.-deals with Sociology and Christianity. The role of the church during the solidarity movement and why it helped to make it more of a successful and peaceful demonstration.Lockwood, David. The problem of disorder in Durkheimian and Marxist Sociology.Oxford; Claredon Press, 1992.-Sociology and Philosophy. Durkheimian school of sociology is discussed as well as an insight into the Marxian Scho...
