Lenin's Brain and Other Tales from the Secret Soviet Archives by Paul R. Gregory (review)
Journal: The Slavonic and East European Review
Year: 2010

776 SEER, 88, 4, OCTOBER 2OIO December1970chanting 'We wantbread!We wanttruth!' (p. 183).After this insurgency, Gomulkalosthisjob as first partysecretary and was replacedby Gierekwho revokedthedetested pricehikes.Buttheproblemofdeepening economiccrisis wouldnotgo away. The samepeoplerepeated thedramainGdanskinthehotsummer of1980. This timethefreelabourunionSolidarnoscemerged in a generalstrike with Lech Walçsa as itscharismatic leader.This timeitwas Gierekwho resigned and theCommunist Partyrespo