During a 1977 strike, people in this profession shouted “Lupeni ’29! Lupeni ’29!,” referencing an earlier labor strike suppressed by Iuliu Maniu’s (“YOOL-yoo MAHN-yoo’s”) government. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this profession whose workers often lived in “Little Americas” in the Jiu (“JEE-oo”) Valley. Miron Cozma led a union representing people of this profession in a series of 1990s protests concurrent with the Golaniads.
ANSWER: coal miners [or coal mining or coal extraction; or coalworkers; accept Mineriads; prompt on miners]
[10e] The Golaniad and Mineriad protests occurred in this country’s capital city. The National Salvation Front took power after this country’s 1989 Revolution violently deposed Nicolae Ceauşescu (“chow-SHESS-koo”).
ANSWER: Romania [or Socialist Republic of Romania or Republica Socialistă România or RSR; or Romanian People’s Republic or Republica Populară Romînă or RPR; accept Romanian Revolution or Revoluţia română]
[10m] Demonstrations in Bucharest were joined by these people, who were derisively called decreţei (“deh-KRET-say”) in reference to Decree 770. The 1990 ABC documentary “Shame of a Nation” exposed a “gulag” for these people at Cighid (“CHEE-geed”).
ANSWER: orphans [prompt on children or equivalents or infants or equivalents or disabled persons by asking “what was their familial status?”]
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