After World War II, Poland came under the control of the Soviet Union. In 1944 the Soviet army liberated Poland from the control of Nazi Germany. As a result, by 1948 communism had taken control of the Polish government, the economy and its social institutions. Joseph Stalin (the Soviet leader) had become quite suspicious of Polish citizens. He felt it had become too difficult to replace their system with his. He was right: Polish civilians did not want to be under the system of the Soviet Union, so they fought back and started a revolution. Many different types of groups came together to fight the Soviets; in 1968 intellectuals united and rebelled, then civilians armed themselves and began to resist the suffocating grip of the Soviet Union. Massive strikes and riots formed. They fought for justice in their country: their ultimate goal was solidarity. Thus the solidarity movement was born. The specific aim of this movement was to bring together individuals of all different political, religious opinions and nationalities under one nationalistic banner. Polish civilians used various types of resistance tactics to bring down Communist Russia's stronghold. Kuron, Fydrych and the woman who wrote the WiP document, “The hardest thing to overcome was our own madness” were able to reveal and influence how Polish citizens were willing to do everything they could in their power to resist the Soviet Union. from taking control of Poland. In June 1987, the Orange Alternative, a guerrilla collective formed in 1987 in the western city of Wroclaw, formed the “Elf Revolution,” which was an example of the human factor that caused ...... middle of paper. .....(Kuron). Kuron's motive was to get Polish civilians to become more involved in politics and communication with the Soviet Union. That if Polish civilians continued to hold demonstrations and protests for themselves, they would get nowhere. As mentioned before, they had to be willing to communicate and cooperate with the Soviet Union, and fight and struggle from within. Poland was not a passive country and would not let the Soviet Union take away justice from Poland. These authors were able to reveal how Polish civilians were able to fight and resist from the inside out and from the outside in. But the most significant thing the authors were able to shed light on was how Poland was able to unite as one country. no matter how different they were from each other individually, and start an impactful revolution.