National League () was a conspirational
Polish organization active in all three
partitions. It was founded in April 1893 from the transformed Polish League. National League was the first organization of the nascent
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* National democratic state, a state formation conceived by the Soviet concept of national democracy
* National Democracy (Czech Republic)
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movement. Its main ideologues were
Roman Dmowski
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,
Jan Ludwik Popławski and
Zygmunt Balicki.
Its goals were formation of modern Polish nation and regaining of Polish statehood in the long run. It supported the idea of solidarity of all social classes in order to strengthen the national idea. National League, organizing mostly young intelligentsia,
aimed at mobilizing Polish youth and awakening Polish peasants to take active part in public life.
The organization was opposed to the idea of
class struggle
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and the activities of national minorities in Poland. It published the ''
Przegląd Wszechpolski'' (The All-Poland Review) and ''Polak'' (The Pole) newspapers in
Lwów
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.
It was disbanded in 1927.
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National Democracy
Political parties established in 1893
Polish nationalism