The Polish 1968 political crisis, also known in Poland as March 1968 or March events (Polish: Marzec 1968; wydarzenia, wypadki marcowe) was a major student and intellectual protest action against the government of the People's Republic of Poland. The economy had been failing for years, prices had risen faster than pay on may occasions and the communist party was getting more authoritarian as time moved on. The 1962 Szczecin military parade accident had further aggravated the situation in Szczecin.