Committee for Social Self-defence KOR
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Committee for Social Self-defence KOR (Polish: Komitet Samoobrony Społecznej KOR) was a Polish civil society group that emerged under communist rule. It was created in 1977 from the Workers' Defence Committee (Komitet Obrony Robotników). It was one of the movements whose activities led to the creation of Solidarity. It was eventually disbanded and absorbed into Solidarity in 1981.
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