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. Why not enlist the help of Poland’s opposition, he reasoned, if not to solve the problems, then at least to share the blame for them?
波兰选举根本没有退路，在那一刻我们拥有了不可逆转的变革力量。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。他想当然地认为为什么不能让波兰的反对党伸出援手，这样即使不能解决问题，至少也可以帮他们分担一些指责？