W czasie tzw. „rewolucji Solidarności” (wrzesień 1980 – grudzień 1981) niektóre z czasopism Polskiej Zjednoczonej Partii Robotniczej stawały się bardziej autonomiczne względem sprawujących nad nimi kontrolę instancji partyjnych. Jeden z przykładów to redakcja „Gazety Krakowskiej”, która w tym okresie prezentowała często poglądy niezależne od instrukcji partii i jej lokalnego komitetu. W artykule autor dokonał analizy stosunku władz Komitetu Krakowskiego PZPR wobec przekazu „Gazety Krakowskiej”. Zwrócono uwagę na specyfikę tych relacji oraz wpływ, jaki w ówczesnym okresie władze KK wywierały na redakcję „GK”, a także ich rezonans wśród dziennikarzy. Tekst odnosi się także do ewolucji tych relacji i przyczyn ich zmiany w drugiej połowie 1981 roku. Autor zwrócił szczególną uwagę na stosunek władz KK PZPR do swoistej autonomii redakcyjnej „Gazety Krakowskiej”.

The authorities of the Krakow Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party towards the editorial office of “Gazeta Krakowska” from September 1980 to December 1981

During the “Revolution of Solidarity” (September 1980 – December 1981), some of the magazines of the Polish United Workers’ Party (PUWP) became an independent way of local structures PUWP, which had controlled them. One of the example is the editorial office “Gazeta Krakowska” (GK), which during this period, presented often autonomous views towards to PUWP. In this article, the author analyzes the attitude of the authorities of the Krakow Committee PUWP (KC) towards to the content of GK. The attention was paid to the specificity of the reports and the impact of authorities KC on the editorial office of GK, as well as their resonance among journalists. The text also refers to the evolution of these relations and the reasons for their change in the second half of 1981. The author pays particular attention to the view authorities KC towards to specific autonomy of GK. In the article, the author presented in which spheres were allowed for freedom and in which party discipline was demanded. The text also refers to the “common interests” that could have been linked by the liberal-minded authorities of the KC and the editorial staff of GK for example in striving for internal party reforms or fighting the conservative part of PUWP.

Keywords: “Gazeta Krakowska”, Polish United Workers’ Party, press, Independent and Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity”

During the “Revolution of Solidarity” (September 1980 – December 1981), some of the magazines of the Polish United Workers’ Party (PUWP) became an independent way of local structures PUWP, which had controlled them. One of the example is the editorial office “Gazeta Krakowska” (GK), which during this period, presented often autonomous views towards to PUWP. In this article, the author analyzes the attitude of the authorities of the Krakow Committee PUWP (KC) towards to the content of GK. The attention was paid to the specificity of the reports and the impact of authorities KC on the editorial office of GK, as well as their resonance among journalists. The text also refers to the evolution of these relations and the reasons for their change in the second half of 1981. The author pays particular attention to the view authorities KC towards to specific autonomy of GK. In the article, the author presented in which spheres were allowed for freedom and in which party discipline was demanded. The text also refers to the “common interests” that could have been linked by the liberal-minded authorities of the KC and the editorial staff of GK for example in striving for internal party reforms or fighting the conservative part of PUWP.