{"id":1692,"date":"2020-08-16T09:12:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T07:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/telaviv\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2020-09-02T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T07:06:25","slug":"40-anniversary-to-the-solidarity-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/telaviv\/en\/2020\/08\/16\/40-anniversary-to-the-solidarity-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Anniversary to the Solidarity Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Solidarity Movement came into being 40 years ago exactly. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It started out as a labor movement which aspired to freedom and independence and, gradually, turned into a political movement <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>that greatly contributed to the downfall of the Communist regime in Poland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the early 80s Solidarity set out as the first Polish non-governmental trade union established by workers at the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, in spite of reprisals and harassment on the part of the Polish authorities, the movement was recognized and, at its height, in 1981,\u00a0 it numbered around 10 million members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Its leader was Lech Walesa and he played a major role in the dismantling of the Communist system in Poland. 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