(Mini-TL) Saint Ronald Reagan - Patron of Freedom

August 11, 1981 - United People's Party transforms itselfs into the Polish People's Party - Revival. Meanwhile, leadership of the Polish United Workers' Party decides to form new political party - Democratic Left Alliance. Sejm votes in favour of creating new novelization of the Polish constitution.
 
September 2, 1981 - mass demonstrations take place in Berlin. Bloody suppression of protesters is recorded by the TV stations in the West Berlin and will soon become known for the Western and Polish public.
 
September 3, 1981 - historic quote is said during the news at the Polish national TV: "Today, on the third of September 1981, the communism in Poland ends." In Czechoslovakia several factories go on a strike, demanding recognition of the independent trade unions. Gustav Husak, fearing loss of control over the country and possible Soviet intervention, orders a crackdown of the opposition. Ronald Reagan condemns suppression of East German mass demonstrations and announces trade restrictions against East Germany and Soviet Union.
 
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