Box 1

Eight issues (in seven volumes) plus a special issue of an underground student monthly magazine, published by Miedzyszkolny Komitet Oporu (Interschool Resistance Committee), a student movement connected to Solidarnosc, Poland's first independent workers' union.

One spiral-bound calendar (13 leaves of original black and white photographic prints; 18 × 13.5 cm).

One "coloring book for naughty kids" published in Kraków by Wyd. “Hutnik” (21 × 14.8 cm).

One white cloth "Solidarity" armband, text printed in red, verso laminated, with four holes on left and right edges and string used to tie the band (10 x 31 cm).

A poster demanding the release of the members of the Confederation of Independent Poland (KPN).

An announcment for Slidarity supporting the building of a Rehabilitation Center in Radzisow.

Announcement for a Solidarity warning strike with a list of the strike demands such as access to radio and television, the end to censorship, parental leave, free Saturdays, and the end to politically motivated repressions.

Satirical poster referring to the Polish government exporting of produce overseas, while Polish workers are left without food.

The satirical poster refers to the economic situation after the 9th Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party in 1981, when food rations for workers were cut.

An announcement of a jubilee mass organized by Solidarity in a Gdansk church for the 190th anniversary of the constitution of May 3rd 1791, an event of special significance for the nationalist leaning factions of Solidarity. The constitution was in place for only 19 months and was eventually abandoned due to the pressure from the Russian Empire led by Catherine the Great.

Two versions of this illustrated poster

A poster calling for the freedom of speech and the press, with the walls in the image referring to the wall space available for posters such as this one. the poster states: "Nationwide protest campaign for the socialization of mass media began on November 17, 1981."

An announcement of a jubilee mass organized by the nationalist leaning segment of SOlidarity for the 190th anniversary of the constitution of May 3rd 1791. The constitution was in place for only 19 months and was eventually abandoned due to the pressure from the Russian Empire led by Catherine the Great.

A poster with a quote from Berthold Brecht.

Printed jsut a few days before the announcement of Martial Law in Poland, this issue of the Solidarity wall newspaper discusses the anniversary of the events of December 1970 when the Communist party unleashed violence against striking workers.

Text includes the demands of the union, such as to put a stop to politically motivated firings, a reevaluation of political cases going back to 1944, and a ban on the death penalty.

A satirical poster commenting on violence against civil rights protests by Motorized Reserves of Citizen's Militia known as ZOMO (Zmotoryzowane Odwody Milicji Obywatelskiej), a paramilitary police formation allegedly organized for providing crowd control of large gatherings and during natural disasters. In fact, ZOMO was known for suppressing civil rights demonstrations and beating the protestors.