Popular Unity (Poland) Explained

Popular Unity
Leader:Jan Dąbski
Foundation:1923, 1926
Dissolution:1923, 1926
Split:Polish People's Party "Piast" (1923)
Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie" (1926)
Successor:Polish People's Party "Piast" (1923)
Peasant Party (1926)
Headquarters:Warsaw
Ideology:Agrarianism
Country:Poland
Newspaper:Gazeta Ludowa

The Popular Unity (Polish: Jedność Ludowa, JL) was an agrarian party that operated in Poland in 1923, and in 1926. Its leader was Jan Dąbski. The party was formed on 26 May 1923, by splitting from Polish People's Party "Piast", and on 25 November 1923, it was incorporated into the Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie". In January 1926, it split from Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie", and in March 1926, it united with the Agrarian Union, forming the Peasant Party. The Popular Unity had published its newspapers, titled Gazeta Ludowa (Popular Newspaper).[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. "Jedność Ludowa". In: Arkadiusz Kołodziejczyk: Encyklopedia historii Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, 1999. . (in Polish)
  2. Jerzy Mazurek: Kraj a emigracja. Ruch ludowy wobec wychodźstwa chłopskiego do krajów Ameryki Łacińskiej (do 1939 roku). Warsaw: Instytut Studiów Iberyjskich i Iberoamerykańskich Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2006, p. 313. . (in Polish)