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The Solidarity Movement: Poland's Peaceful Revolution
In 1980, a shipyard strike in Gdańsk sparked a movement that would topple communism in Poland. This episode follows the rise of Solidarność, the trade union turned social movement led by Lech Wałęsa. We trace its roots in worker protests, the Gdańsk Agreement that legalized independent unions, the dramatic martial law crackdown by General Wojciech Jaruzelski in 1981, and the slow burn of resistance that culminated in the 1989 Round Table Talks and semi-free elections. Learn about key figures like Anna Walentynowicz, whose firing ignited the strike, and the role of the Catholic Church under…
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