The end of censorship in the Polish People’s Republic (1989–1990)
Kamila Kamińska
Pełny tekst artykułuThe goal of this article is to present the results of analysis concerning last months of functioning of the Main Authority for Control of Publications and Spectacles (Główny Urząd Kontroli Publikacji i Widowisk) and Regional Authority for Control of Publications and Spectacles (Okręgowy Urząd Kontroli Publikacji i Widowisk), between January 1989 and April 1990. The first crucial date is the introduction of the law dated 23th of December 1988 on economic activity (so called Wilczek’s law). The final date is the law dated 11th of April 1990 on repeal of the law on control of publications and spectacles, removal of control organs and amendment to the act press law. The essay undertakes to answer the following questions: In what way the liberalization of the law in Poland in years 1989–1990 influenced the work of GUKPiW and OUKPiW? To what extent was the content of the press, publications and spectacles interfered in the analyzed period?
KEYWORDS
censorship in PRL, the Polish Round Table Talks, the cabinet of Tadeusz Mazowiecki, transformation in Poland, newspapers in PRL