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Lech Wasa - Wikipedia  Lech Wasa Polish: [lx vawsa] ( listen); born 29 September 1943) is a retired Polish ... In August 1980 he was instrumental in political negotiations that led to the ... Wasa was born in Popowo, German-occupied Poland. ... trade union quickly grew, ultimately claiming over 10 million membersmore than a quarter...
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We are obliged to help people waging a struggle - Poland.pl  Then came 1956, 1970, 1976  where we had different groups: workers, ... but people came, believed us and let themselves be organised and led. ... In 1981, at the Cannes Festival, Jack Nicholson pinned a Solidarity badge in ... In 1981, he was elected the first chairman of Solidarity, a trade union of 10 million members.
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At 70, Lech Walesa Can Look Back On An Enduring Legacy  Sep 28, 2013 ... PHOTO GALLERY: Domino Man: Lech Walesa At 70 ... Within months it had 10 million members, more than one-quarter of the country's population. ... 1943, in the small village of Popowo between Warsaw and Gdansk. ... Martial law was declared in December 1981 and Walesa was imprisoned for 11...
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Personality Spotlight;NEWLN:Lech Walesa, Polish Labor Leader ...  Dec 16, 1982 ... ... unemployed electrician to one of the most powerful men in Poland, ... law was declared in December, 1981, expressions of outrage were ... workers he eventually led in the nearly 10-million-member Solidarity ... village of Popowo, had a long history of activism before emerging as the leader of Solidarity.
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CLASSROOM EXTRA  LECH WALESA  THE FATHER OF ...  Sep 25, 2006 ... Walesa headed the new organization, which had more than 10 million members. In 1981, Solidarity was outlawed and marshal law was...
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History of Solidarity - Wikipedia  The history of Solidarity a Polish non-governmental trade union, began on 14 August 1980, at the Lenin Shipyards (now Gdask Shipyards) at its founding by Lech Wasa and others. In the early 1980s, it became the first independent labor union in a ... A year later, during his first pilgrimage to Poland, his masses were attended...
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Solidarity (Polish trade union) - Wikipedia  Solidarity is a Polish trade union that was founded on 17 September 1980 at the Lenin ... Labor unions formed an important part of this network. ... Solidarity emerged on 31 August 1980 in Gdask at the Lenin Shipyards when ... It meant a break in the hard-line stance of the communist Polish United Workers' Party, which...
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Free Flashcards about WORLD LEADERS - StudyStack  JAN.1, 1946, THIS JAPANESE EMPEROR TELLS HIS PEOPLE THAT HE IS NOT A GOD, HIROHITO. DEC. 9, 1990: POLAND SHOWS ITS SOLIDARITY,...
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Our History - knightsofcolumbus.info  Our Founder, Father Michael J. McGivney. Growth of the Knights of Columbus. On Oct. 2, 1881, a group of men met in the basement of St. Mary's Church on ... day become the world's largest Catholic family fraternal service organization. ... and long-term care products to its members, along with many other fraternal benefits.
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Historical And Cultural Linkages, Political Transformation, And ...  Everyday Economic Alternatives In Gdask and Wabrzych ... the Polish Solidarity Movement and comparison of the lived experience of the last decade of ..... socialist system as it had evolved in Eastern Europe and the USSR, were ...... Marek Zaleski also translated the autobiography of Lech Wasa, A Way Of Hope.
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Solidarity (Polish trade union) - Wikipedia  Solidarity is a Polish trade union that was founded on 17 September 1980 at the Lenin Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Wasa. .... He told us not to be afraid. In addition, the priest Jerzy Popieuszko, who regularly gave sermons to the...
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Solidarno Yesterday  Solidarity Today? The European Solidarity ...  The European Solidarity Center in Gdask endeavors to combine the past with the ... Towering over the museum are the 40-meter-high crosses of the monument ... to commemorate the shipyard workers murdered by security forces during mass ... of the late 1970s and the Polish underground during the period of martial law...
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Vatican City facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ...  In July 2001, the population of Vatican City was estimated at 890, with an .... Appointed to office for life (the Polish cardinal, Karol Wojtila, became Pope John Paul II in ... It is as the Holy See rather than the State of the Vatican that the country sends .... Health and pension provisions are good, and average incomes and living...
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POLAND IN BRIEF  Warszawa (Warsaw: population 1.7 million, Warsaw agglomeration: 2.5 million) ..... world-famous science ction writer, philosopher, futurologist and satirist. .... organises the renowned International Chopin Piano Competition, which since .... (since 1985). e festival is host to the International Federation of Film Critics awards.
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Martial law in Poland - Wikipedia  Martial law in Poland refers to the period of time from December 13, 1981 to July 22, 1983, ... The plan was presented to the government of the Soviet Union before the ... to create guarantees that give a chance to restore order and discipline. ... In 1982 the United States suspended most favored nation trade status until 1987...
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Germanys Social Democratic Party turns 150 | Germany | DW ...  May 23, 2013 ... The birth of the German Social Democratic Party belongs to a ... recalls long-time top-ranking politician Erhard Eppler of the SPD party. ... became a mass movement with upwards of one million members. ... Chancellor, became the symbolic apology to the Polish nation for the crimes of the Nazi dictatorship.
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Martial Law in Poland  1981 | Justice4Poland  Dec 15, 2014 ... The Martial Law was imposed by the Military Council for National Salvation ... 1981 the Poles woke up to find their country under Martial Law (literally ... Wojciech Jaruzelski and consisting of 20 other high ranking military officers. ... The Solidarity had been founded only 18 months earlier, in August of 1980...
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jeopardy/1891_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  WWII | Around 300,000 of these troops were called up beginning in 1940, more than doubling the size of the U.S. Army | National Guard. right: Michael. Wrong:.
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The electrician who rewired the world | Latest News & Updates at ...  Jan 29, 2007 ... The electrician who rewired the world - DNA talks geopolitics with Lech Walesa, who lit a ... a 37-year-old electrician, illegally scaled a wall of the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk (Poland) ... Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, was elected Poland's first ... I've been a president of 40 million people.
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Poles Torn Over Presidential Vote - tribunedigital-chicagotribune  Nov 25, 1990 ... Poles will choose their president in free elections Sunday, and the ... Every public opinion survey taken last week shows Solidarity leader Lech ... Tadeusz Mazowiecki, the man he picked to be prime minister just 15 ... percent of the vote, the two top finishers will meet in a runoff Dec. 9. ... December 10, 1990.
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Poland Under Martial Law: a Chronology of Events 13 December 1981  Polish intellectuals have made a concerted appeal to end martial law. ... by the army and police, against shootings and beatings, against the internment of thousands. ... after martial law was declared in Poland. ..... gossip, misinformation spread by the suspended Solidarity free trade union, and growing anticommunism.