san acja ) ▁was ▁losing ▁public ▁support . ▁Im medi ately ▁after ▁the ▁May ▁C oup , ▁some ▁leaders ▁of ▁pe asant ▁parties ▁hoped ▁that ▁co operation ▁with ▁the ▁new ▁government ▁was ▁possible . ▁However , ▁further ▁events , ▁such ▁as ▁destruction ▁of ▁Cent role w , ▁arrest ▁of ▁Win cent y ▁W itos , ▁and ▁the ▁ill - f ated ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁election ▁deeply ▁disappoint ed ▁all ▁of ▁them . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁actions ▁of ▁the ▁government , ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁a ▁new ▁political ▁party ▁of ▁the ▁pe as ants , ▁agr arian ▁People ' s ▁Party ▁( Str onn ictwo ▁Lud owe , ▁SL ) ▁was ▁created ▁out ▁of ▁three ▁smaller ▁parties . ▁SL ▁leaders , ▁who ▁by ▁mid - 1 9 3 0 s ▁became ▁more ▁radical , ▁emphas ized ▁quantity ▁of ▁numerous ▁Polish ▁pe asant ry ▁and ▁its ▁physical ▁strength . ▁They ▁claimed ▁that ▁pe as ants ▁were ▁real ▁hosts ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁wrest ▁political ▁power , ▁the ▁SL ▁was ▁organ izing ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁large ▁demonstr ations ▁and ▁strik es ; ▁those ▁were ▁often ▁met ▁with ▁government ▁opposition ; ▁over ▁the ▁years ▁violent ▁inc idents ▁occurred , ▁leading ▁to ▁fatal ities . ▁Pe as ants ' ▁protest s ▁were ▁frequent , ▁and ▁in ▁all ▁cases ▁they ▁were ▁brut ally ▁suppress ed ▁by ▁the ▁san acja ▁regime . ▁Among ▁most ▁notable ▁events ▁of ▁this ▁kind ▁was ▁a ▁large ▁wave ▁of ▁strik es , ▁which ▁took ▁place