Lech Wałęsa

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PHOTO: EAST NEWS PRZYWODCA "SOLIDARNOSCI" LECH WALESA PODCZAS STRAJKU W STOCZNI GDANSKEJ Striking Solidarity workers of the Gdansk shipyards, including leader Lech Walesa (seated along the driver) demonstrate at the Lenin shipyard 28 August 1988. "Solidarnosc" (Solidarity), the independent trade union organized a number of strikes from 1981 to 1988, notably at the Lenin shipyard. On 31 August 1988, Solidarity leader Lech Walesa called for miners, shipyard and transport workers to end their strikes. Walesa who openly challenged the Polish Communist government's economic and social policies was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and became President of Poland in 1990.

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headline Lech Wałęsa

created date 1988-08-28

credit EAST NEWS

source AFP

byline MAREK DRUSZCZ

original transmission reference STOCZNIA_WALESA_021

weight 1,15MB

size 20cm x 13cm by 300dpi

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