❝ In December 1981, President Wojciech Jaruzelski of Poland declared martial law, arresting thousands, cutting phone and telegraph lines and instituting a six-day workweek and a strict curfew. In the photo above, taken at one of many peaceful demonstrations against these conditions — to which the junta responded with tear gas, police truncheons and water cannons — protesters in Warsaw make the “V” sign to symbolize resistance. ❞ *
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