Wieści (News) (1977–1983) - a periodical of the Polish Peasant Party in Exile (the Brussels-Washington section)

This article examines the origins and the contents of the quarterly Wieści (News) published bwteen 1977 and 1983 by the Brussels-Washington section of the party headed by Hanna Chorążyna, Stanisław Bańczyk and Józef Rzemieniewski. The editors committed themselves to keeping a healthy distance from internal party rivalries and focusing instead on the developments in rural Poland. Their plan panned out as the periodical became a reputable source of information about issues like the retirement pension for farmers, the rise of the Farmers’ Self-Defence committees in 1978 - a forerunner of the Rural Solidarity Movement of 1980 - and the history of the Polish agrarian parties.