ANSWER: Name this socialist

[Michael Hoover]

> Poland's Solidarity.  What was
> once a left socialist labor movement that was almost
> anarcho-syndicalist became within a few short years
> a reactionary movement that once into power was
> quite willing to betray working class interests in
> a variety of ways including the privatization of enterprises.
> 			Jim F.

the impact of martial law, termination of Solidarity activities, and 
jailing of leaders after 1981 cannot be ignored

still, the state's *modus vivendi* with Catholic Church officialdom, 
which had existed since 1956 Polish unrest, meant that Jaruzelski 
government's response to growing crisis of legitimacy during the 1980s 
was to consult with Church leadership...Jaruzelski's choice of Catholic 
Mazowiecki (who had been jailed for a time under martal law) as prime 
minister in 1989 was acceptable to Cardinal Glemp who mistrusted 
Solidarity leaders with less impeccable religious backgrounds

Mazowiecki gov't, taking its cues from Western banks, governments, and 
the IMF, eliminated numerous public subsidies and implemented free 
market policies...then, Walesa's 1990 election gave evidence of
Catholic church authoritarianism    Michael Hoover