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23 Photographs of the Polish Solidarity Movement That Helped Bring About the End of Communism

Solidarność, the Polish Solidarity Movement, a labor union founded on September 17, 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk. The movement, led by Lech Wałęsa, was the first trade union in a…

By Jacob Miller · 4 min

Cold War

This Day In History: Lech Walesa Is Released By The Communists (1983)

On this day in history Lech Walesa the leader of the Solidarity Trade Union is released and returns to his…

Ed · 3 min