整整一夏天的罢工为变革积蓄了力量，当时的波兰共产党领袖沃依切赫·雅鲁泽尔斯基将军认定国家的经济困难无法由共产党独自承当。
They gathered momentum after a summer of labor strikes, when Poland’s communist chief, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, concluded that the country’s economic troubles were too grim to face alone.