Poznań : zbuntowane miasto

The history of Poznań, its development and forming the particular districts of the city are presented in the article. Then the author shows the Poznań’s plants’ workers leaving their factories and marching along the streets and in detail describes the route of the manifestation. The events in Poznań were the act of people driven to extremes caused by the fact that other instruments of a social dialogue had failed as the authorities did not want to talk. The author explains why his presentation is called “Poznań - the Rebellious City The facts and conclusions drawn in the article make one agree with the thesis that the so called “Black Thursday” was the expression of the city’s rebellion as almost one third of the city residents protested at the same time against the growing bending of the economic and social reality by the authorities. The city and its streets were the stage of the escalation from a silent march to the shoot-out. Could the outbreak in Poznań be anticipated? Certainly, yes. Both the local and central authorities showed a complete ignorance of mechanisms directing the society, did not take into consideration historical conditions shaping the new social face of Poznań's residents. The city rebellion expressed the lack of agreement to ignore its inhabitants.