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Żeby Polska Była Polską
"Żeby Polska była Polską" (''Let Poland be Poland'', or – less commonly, ''For Poland to be Poland'') is one of the best-known Polish protest songs written in 1976 by the Polish singer-songwriter Jan Pietrzak, with music by Włodzimierz Korcz. The song became an informal anthem of the Gdańsk Agreement, ''Solidarity'' period in the People's Republic of Poland. From June 1976 protests against the History of Poland (1945–1989), Soviet-style communism imposed in Poland, all the way to the collapse of the Warsaw Pact in the 1990s, it was the symbol of the political opposition to the communist state, Communist regime. The song was widely popular among the members of Solidarity (Polish trade union), ''Solidarity'' (NSZZ Solidarność), and won first-prize at the 1981 National Festival of Polish Song in Opole. It is one of Pietrzak's best-known works. Background As Jan Pietrzak notes, he rarely wrote such serious pieces, but he was motivated to do so in 1976, after the workers' Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Protest Song
A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for protest and social change and hence part of the broader category of ''topical'' songs (or songs connected to current events). It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre. Among social movements that have an associated body of songs are the Abolitionism in the United States, abolition movement, Prohibition in the United States, prohibition, women's suffrage, the labour movement, the human rights movement, civil rights, the Native American rights movement, the Jewish rights movement, disability rights, the anti-war movement and 1960s counterculture of the 1960s, counterculture, Repatriation (cultural property), art repatriation, opposition against blood diamonds, abortion rights, the Feminism, feminist movement, the sexual revolution, the LGBT social movements, LGBT rights movement, masculism, animal rights movement, vegetarianism and veganism, gun rights, legalization of marijuana and environmentalism. Prot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
