The press of the peasant movement in exile, 1945–1989. A preliminary catalogue

Abstract

This article presents a panorama of the press of the peasant movement in exile, ie. the peasant parties outside Poland, in 1945-1989. The author was able to identify 43 items (titles), but only a few of them were professionally edited periodicals, addressed to a wider audience. Most were makeshift ventures, printed on low quality paper, aimed at an inner circle of the peasant party organization. Until the mid-seventies their interest was focused on issues important to the expatriate community and the struggle against communism worldwide. Later the focus shifted to events in Poland, conditions of life in the country and the rural population, and the activities of the anti-communist opposition