Compare the methods of struggle of the communist regimes with the labor movement in 1956, 1976 and 1981.

Compare the methods of struggle of the communist regimes with the labor movement in 1956, 1976 and 1981. How have these methods changed?

1) 1956 – Poznan (Poland), workers uprising, indignant at difficult living conditions. Outcome: the shooting of the demonstration by troops.
2) 1976 – Poland, another unrest of the workers. Result: arrest of the “ringleaders”.
3) 1981 – Poland, after the rise in meat prices, labor unrest broke out again. Bottom line; introduction of martial law, arrest of opposition activists and leaders, suppression of workers’ protests by force.