61. Lec Walesa Translate this page emprisonné. Prix nobel et présidence. lech walesa fut relâchéen novembre 1982. En 1983 il reçoit le prix nobel de paix. Les http://www.seminaire-sherbrooke.qc.ca/hist/hist5/travaux/biog/uz/walesa.htm

Lec Walesa (1943- ), homme d'état polonais, lauréat du prix Nobel, dont l'action à la tête du syndicat Solidarité contribua à la chute du système communiste en Pologne. Travail, syndicalisme et illégalité. Né le 29 septembre 1943 à Popowo, fils d'un menuisier Lech Walesa ne reçut que son cours primaire et une formation professionnelle avant d'être engagé comme électricien aux chantiers maritimes Lénine à Gdansk. En 1970, il est témoin de l'émeute, causée par les prix trop élevés de la nourriture, lors de laquelle la police tue plusieurs militants. Lorsqu'en 1976 de nouvelles protestations contre le gouvernement communiste de la Pologne éclatent, Walesa est perçu comme un activiste syndicaliste luttant contre le gouvernement, on lui retira son emploi. Travaillant de façon intermittente aux chantiers, il commence à développer les activités syndicales. De nouveau en 1980, à cause de la hausse des prix de la nourriture, une grève éclate aux chantiers. Walesa saute la clôture, rejoint les ouvriers et est aussitôt élu membre d'un comité de grève ayant pour mandat de négocier avec les administrateurs de l'entreprise. Ses succès au cours de ces négociations l'amenèrent à prendre charge d'un comité de grève regroupant les travailleurs de la région de Gdansk-Sopot et Gdynia. Craignant une révolte nationale le premier ministre accepta les principales demandes des travailleurs et donna une reconnaissance officielle au syndicat national Solidarité (Solidarnosc). Le succès du syndicat fut toutefois éphémère. En 1981 le gouvernement polonais retire le statut officiel du syndicat et instaure la loi martiale, Walesa est aussitôt mis aux arrêts puis emprisonné.

62. Polska Historia 1976 - 1989 - Wydawnictwa Zagraniczne op. lech walesa. nobel prize for peace 1983. Oslo, 10 December 1983 = lechwalesa. Premio nobel de la paz 1983; Oslo, 10 de diciembre de 1983. http://www.incipit.home.pl/bibula_/biblio/hszg_l_m.html

63. Lech Walesa Biography : Solidarity A biography lech walesa leader of the Solidarity trades union. His rolein challenging communism in Poland. nobel Peace Prize. biography http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/lech_walesa_solidarity.html

biography, Nobel Peace Prize trades union, Poland, communism Lech Walesa An outline biography The Solidarity trades union More Historical Personalities   Lech Walesa (pronounced Vah-wen-sah) was born as the son of a carpenter in a clay hut located in the village of Popow, between Warsaw and Gdansk, Poland, on September 29, 1943. The Second World War was in operation with Nazi Germany being an occupying power. Lech Walesa's father, Boleslaw, was conscripted to dig ditches and died in 1946 from the exposure and beatings he suffered. His mother, Feliksa, seemed to have the most effect on Walesa. The parish priest remembers her as "the wisest woman in the parish." Walesa was only an average student at his parish school and after graduating from the state vocational school in Lipno, where he learned the electrician's trade, worked as a car mechanic at a machine center from 1961 to 1965. He served in the army for two years, rose to the rank of corporal, and in 1967 was employed in the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk as an electrician. Poland has had a rather turbulent and unfortunate history in its position amongst powerful neighbours. Once an extensive country, but one which was apt to suffer serious domestic turbulences, by 1800 Poland had been partitioned out of existence with its former provinces being allocated to the Russian and Austrian empires and to Prussia. At several stages in Poland's history the Roman Catholic Church there has served as a focus through which efforts were made to preserve a Polish, and Catholic, nationality. Although Poland had been reconstituted as an independent state between 1921 and 1939 the aftermath of the Second World War saw a Poland with revised frontiers and under the ideological control of Soviet Russia.

64. Lech Walesa Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory will met with lech walesa, former President of Polandand nobel Peace Prize Winner, on Saturday, December 14, 2002 to recognize http://www.charmeck.org/departments/mayor/activities/lech walesa.asp

Activities Military Support Environment Award Growth Issues ... Activities / Lech Walesa Mayor McCrory to Honor Lech Walesa During Visit December 13, 2002 Charlotte Mayor Patrick McCrory will met with Lech Walesa, former President of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, on Saturday, December 14, 2002 to recognize his contributions to promoting Democracy in his country. The Mayor presented Walesa with a proclamation and a crystal box as part of the reception in his honor. The private reception was held to celebrate the awarding of an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree by UNC-Charlotte to Walesa. December 13, 1981 marks the day in history when the Solidarity Labor Movement was "suspended" under Martial Law in Poland and Walesa was interned in a country house for 11 months. In planning for his meeting with Walesa, Mayor McCrory stated, "knowing that freedom and democracy are under siege in many corners of the world, it is an honor to stand with a man who just 21 years ago lead a struggle to gain freedom from communist rule. Mr. Walesa is truly an inspiration for the defenders of democracy and freedom." This event makes Walesa's third visit to Charlotte as the invited guest of NuTech Solutions, Inc. a Charlotte-based company of which Walesa is a member of the Board of Directors.

65. Profile: Lech Walesa This Polish joke was inspired by the legacy of lech walesa. the Pope and the UnitedStates, walesa continued his 1983 when he was awarded the nobel Peace Prize http://www.sacbee.com/static/archive/news/projects/people_of_century/leaders/wal

Lech Walesa "How many Poles does it take to change the world?" "Just one." This Polish joke was inspired by the legacy of Lech Walesa. He led the working class in Poland to freedom from Communist rule, an achievement that did change the world. Walesa was born into a peasant lifestyle in Popowo, Poland, on Sept. 29, 1943. His father was a carpenter and so he received only minimal education. In 1967 he went to work as an electrician at the Lenn Shipyard in Gdansk. A devout Roman Catholic, he was shocked to find the conditions and treatment of the workers. He led frequent worker strikes against rising food costs and poor conditions, even after being fired from his job. In 1980 Walesa formed the first workers union, which later became known as the Solidarity committee. It quickly gained over 10 million members, with Walesa elected as leader. But by December of 1981, the government imposed martial law and arrested all the leaders of the Solidarity movement. Walesa was thrown in prison for 11 months. With strong support from the Pope and the United States, Walesa continued his efforts to free Poland from Communism. His efforts were recognized in 1983 when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Walesa donated the $194,000 that came with the prize to a program that channels western aid to private farmers.

66. Norway To Honor Nobel Centennial the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, lech walesa, Henry Kissinger and many other famousnames. ``It will have to be the biggest assembly of nobel peace laureates ever http://www.tibet.ca/wtnarchive/2000/12/22_4.html

World Tibet Network News Friday, December 22, 2000 4. Norway To Honor Nobel Centennial OSLO, Norway, December 19 (AP) Norway is inviting the world's Nobel peace laureates to return to Oslo next year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the coveted prize. Among those invited: Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk, Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Lech Walesa, Henry Kissinger and many other famous names. ``It will have to be the biggest assembly of Nobel peace laureates ever,'' Olav Njoelstad of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo said Tuesday. The first Nobel prizes were awarded in 1901. Celebrations are planned leading up to the 2001 prize on Dec. 10, the date the prize's benefactor, Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, died in Like Tutu in 1984, Mandela and de Klerk won the 1993 prize for their efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. Palestinian leader Arafat shared the 1994 prize with Israeli leaders Peres and the late Yitzhak Rabin for their Middle East peace efforts. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, won in 1990 for helping to end the

67. Dalai Lama Meets With Lech Welesa 2. Dalai Lama Meets With lech Welesa. WARSAW, Poland, AP, May 17 The DalaiLama met Monday with fellow nobel Peace Prize laureate lech walesa. http://www.tibet.ca/wtnarchive/1993/5/18_2.html

World Tibet Network News Tuesday, May 18, 1993 2. Dalai Lama Meets With Lech Welesa WARSAW, Poland, AP, May 17 The Dalai Lama met Monday with fellow Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa. Invited by the Helsinki Fund for Human Rights, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader also is to travel to Auschwitz during his five-day visit to Poland. He also planned a series of meetings with Polish parliament members, Roman Catholic Primate Jozef Glemp and representatives of the tiny Buddhist and Jewish communities. The 1989 Nobel Prize winner presented President Walesa, the 1983 winner, with a white ribbon, a Tibetan sign of respect and honor. During lunch at the Dalai Lama's temporary official residence in Warsaw, they discussed their efforts towards peace in the world, the PAP news agency said. The Dalai Lama praised Poles for taking a peaceful path to regain independence and restore democracy. "I am also fully committed to nonviolence," he said. The 57-year-old monk, the highest authority among Tibetans worldwide, arrived in Warsaw on Sunday. He will travel to the Nazi death camp of

68. Index Sancton. http//nobelprizes.com/nobel/peace/1983a.html 1983 nobel PeacePrize Laureate lech walesa. 15. Mikhail Gorbachev. http//www http://www.ukc.ac.uk/politics/europe/hi313www.htm

School of History HI313 - VISIONS OF EUROPE: Internet Resources 1. General Resources http://www.pathfinder.com/time/reports/visions/index.html Time Magazine - special edition on 'Visions of Europe' http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/which.europe.html Europe? Which Europe? ...and the word Europe does not mean "European Union" fromPaul Treanor. http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/visions.eur.html Competing Visions of Europe from Paul Treanor. http://www.alli.fi/jef/index.html The home page of JEF, the Young European Federalists. http://www.motto-europe.org/Uk/UkB1.html ‘Some quotations to ponder’ from the founding “fathers” of Europe. http://www.proeuropa.gr/ Pro Europa: a lodge of literati http://europa.eu.int/ Europa - the European Union’s server http://www.kentlaw.edu/cgi-bin/ldn_news/-h+law.listserv.ipe+918 http://www.heise.de/tp/english/special/mud/6136/1.html http://www.pathfinder.com/time/time100/leaders/index.html 2. Charlemagne http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/einhard.html 3. Napoleon Bonaparte

69. Peace Project: Biographies Of Peace Prize Winners lech walesa has made the name Solidarity more than an expression of the unity ofa group campaigning for special interests. In 1983 walesa received the nobel http://www.edu.pe.ca/birchwood/peace/lw.htm

Lech Walesa Lech Walesa was born on Sept. 29 1943 in Popowo, Poland. Lech Walesa served in the army and quickly rose to the rank of Corporal. He is also a strong Catholic. Lech Walesa has made the name "Solidarity" more than an expression of the unity of a group campaigning for special interests. In 1983 Walesa received the Nobel Peace Prize A fter winning the Nobel Peace Prize he was inspired to continue his work with the "Solidarity Movement". Internet Link s.... Lech Walesa: Nobel Peace Prize Winner 1983 Lech Walesa: Founder of Poland's Solidarity Trade Union Kyle G. 2003

70. Biografías De Líderes Políticos CIDOB: Lech Walesa (Polonia) lech ) walesa. El confinamiento dewalesa, que rechazó repetidamente las fue concedido el premio nobel de la http://www.cidob.org/bios/castellano/lideres/w-004.htm

Lech Walesa Polonia De nombre completo Leszek ("Lech") Walesa * 29 de septiembre de 1943, Popowo, voivodato de Kujawsko-Pomprskie. S u abuelo paterno luchó en el Ejército nacional del mariscal Pilsudski durante la Primera Guerra Mundial y sus padres eran campesinos con algunas propiedades que durante la ocupación nazi tuvieron que trabajar para granjeros alemanes. El padre, que antes de la guerra ganaba ingresos adicionales como carpintero, se hallaba en un campo de trabajo por negarse a delatar a su hermano partisano cuando su cuarto hijo nació en 1943. Cuando el padre falleció en 1945 coincidiendo con la llegada del Ejército soviético, el tío de Walesa se desposó con su cuñada, una católica devota, y se hizo cargo de la familia, a la que sumaron tres nuevos vástagos. El surgimiento de un líder obrero El joven Walesa pasó su infancia entre estrecheces económicas. Tras completar con buenas calificaciones sus estudios primarios, entre 1959 y 1961 aprendió metalurgia, dibujo técnico y matemáticas en una escuela de oficios de Lipno, donde se especializó como electricista industrial. Consiguió el empleo de instalador de sistemas eléctricos en el Departamento Estatal de Agricultura (POM), en Lenie, y en 1963 interrumpió este trabajo para prestar el servicio militar, en el curso del cual fue destinado al cuerpo de telegrafistas y se dejó crecer el poblado bigote que luego le haría famoso. Tras licenciarse volvió a su empleo en el POM, pero en 1967 decidió marchar a la costa báltica en busca de mejores oportunidades de trabajo. Se colocó en la plantilla de los astilleros Lenin de Gdansk como obrero en una brigada de electricistas y en 1968 recibió su bautismo sindical al ser elegido por sus compañeros representante en el consejo de empresa.

71. Princeton - News - Former Polish President Lech Walesa To Speak Winner of the 1983 nobel peace Prize, walesa spearheaded the Solidarity movement Retiredfrom politics, he now heads the lech walesa Institute, whose aim is http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/99/q4/1004-walesa.htm

News from PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Office of Communications Stanhope Hall, Princeton, New Jersey 08544-5264 Telephone 609-258-3601; Fax 609-258-1301 Contact: Justin Harmon (609) 258-3601 Date: October 4, 1999 Former Polish President Lech Walesa to Speak NOTE: Media representatives planning to cover Walesa's talk are asked to contact the Office of Communications at (609) 258-3601 by Thursday, October 7. PRINCETON, N.J. Lech Walesa, former president of Poland, will deliver the inaugural lecture of the Millennium Lecture Series at 3:30 p.m. on October 8 in McCosh 50, Helm Auditorium. Winner of the 1983 Nobel peace Prize, Walesa spearheaded the Solidarity movement that brought Communist rule to an end in Poland in the 1980s, and in 1990 he became his country's first democratically elected president. Retired from politics, he now heads the Lech Walesa Institute, whose aim is "to advance the ideals of democracy and free market reform throughout Eastern Europe and the rest of the world." The lecture is free and open to the public. The doors will open at 3:15 p.m. The lecture will be simulcast on Channel 7 on campus and on C-TEC Channel A-10 in Princeton Borough and Princeton Township. It also will be broadcast on the World Wide Web at www.princeton.edu/RealMedia.

72. The World Intellectual Forum 2000. Participants former Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, nobel peace prize winner (1994)walesa, lech, Former President of Poland (19901995), nobel peace prize http://www.wiforum.org/participants.html

List of Invited Participants Chairman/Moderator Waestberg, Per , Vice Chairman of the Nobel Committee on Literature, Member of the Swedish Academy, writer Speakers Alfyorov, Zhores , Nobel prize winner in physics (2000) Bishop Belo , Carlos Filipe Ximenes, Nobel peace prize winner (1996), Bishop from East Timor Bondevik, Kjell Magne , Former Prime Minister of Norway Genscher, Hans-Dietrich , Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Gorbachev, Mikhail , President of the Gorbachev Foundation, Former President of the USSR, Nobel peace prize winner (1990) Grass, Guenter , Nobel prize winner in literature (1999), writer Ivanov, Igor , Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation HRH Prince Michael of Kent Peres, Shimon , Member of the Knesset of Israel, former Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nobel peace prize winner (1994) Walesa, Lech , Former President of Poland (1990-1995), Nobel peace prize winner (1983) Invited Guests Akchurin, Renat , Medical surgeon Akhmadulina, Bella

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74. Kenyon College / Public Affairs News Release Archive nobel Prizewinner lech walesa of Poland will speak at Kenyon College. GAMBIER,OHIO—Question How many Poles does it take to change the world? http://www.kenyon.edu/crc/pa/news/99/?news=0414walesa

75. CNN Cold War - Profile: Lech Walesa yard and demanded the reinstatement of lech walesa, who had walesa was arrested, andfor the next seven years Awarded the nobel Peace Prize in 1983, walesa had http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/walesa/

This site is best viewed with a 4.0 browser and requires javascript Born September 29, 1943, in Popowo, Poland, Lech Walesa was the son of a carpenter. He attended primary and vocational school before taking up the position of electrical engineer in the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk, Poland, in 1967. In 1970, when the shipyards were the center of huge and violent demonstrations against the government's decision to increase food prices, Walesa was among the demonstrators. Six years later, Walesa was fired from his job when he not only protested the Gierek government's raise in food prices, but emerged as an anti-government union activist. He turned to the Workers Defense Committee (KOR), an underground intellectual group established to help the families of workers fired because of the protests, and became increasingly involved in their activities as a dissident. Walesa was arrested several times between 1976 and 1980 for his dissident activities. In 1981 however, Defense Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski was appointed prime minister in a year of increasing social unrest and dissatisfaction in Poland. In December, martial law was imposed and Solidarity was outlawed. Walesa was arrested, and for the next seven years he was either under arrest, watched closely by secret police or harassed. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, Walesa had his wife accept the award for him in Oslo, fearing that authorities would not allow him back into Poland if he left. By December 1988 it was clear that the unrest, social dissatisfaction and economic conditions could not continue without change. At the conclusion of the 10th plenary session of the Communist Party, the party invited the still-illegal and large opposition Solidarity movement to join in talks beginning in February 1989. These talks, which became known as the "roundtable talks," lasted for 59 days, with 13 working groups in 94 sessions.

76. Nobel Prizes Here is nobel Prizes report in alphabetic order; if you click upon a name you willbe connected with relative page of nobel Prizes Archive. walesa, lech, 1983. http://web.tiscali.it/no-redirect-tiscali/LG_WebPace/nobel.htm

Nobel Prize Archive Nobel Prizes on-line Museum A LFRED N OBEL founder of the Nobel Prizes. October 21, 1833-December 10, 1896 Place of birth: Stockholm, Sweden The Nobel Prize Internet Archive is fully interactive. If you have an interesting and useful Internet link about a particular Nobel Laureate, you can add your link instantly to that laureate's home page here at the Archive. What Nobel e-Museum Offers Nobel e-Museum offers information on all 736 Prize Winners to date, the Nobel Organization, Alfred Nobel, and Nobel events, as well as educational material and games. Nobel e-Museum consists of more than 9,000 static documents, several databases and a number of multimedia productions with Nobel Prize connection. Here is Nobel Prizes report in alphabetic order; if you click upon a name you will be connected with relative page of Nobel Prizes Archive. Name Year Awarded Addams, Jane The American Friends Service Committee Amnesty International Annan, Kofi ... MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES (showcase) (U.S. Site)

77. Premi Nobel alle relative pagine dell'Archivio dei Premi nobel. walesa, lech, 1983. http://web.tiscali.it/no-redirect-tiscali/LG_WebPace/premi.htm

Archivio dei Premi Nobel Museo On-line del Premio Nobel A LFRED N OBEL Alfred Nobel fondatore del Premio Nobel. 21 ottobre 1833 -10 dicembre 1896 luogo di nascita: Stockholm, Sweden L'archivio internet dei Premi Nobel è completamente interattivo. Se avete un link interessante e molto usato circa una particolare personalità insignita del Nobel, potete aggiungere qui in-linea quel link. Cosa offre l'e-museo? L'e-museo offre informazioni aggiornate su tutti i 736 vincitori del Premio, l'Organizzazione Nobel, Alfred Nobel, gli eventi e così pure materiale educativo e giochi. L'e-museo Nobel consta di più di 9.000 documenti statici, diversi data base ed un gran numero di produzioni multimediali connessi ai Premi Nobel. Di seguito riportiamo l'elenco alfabetico dei Premi Nobel; cliccando sui singoli nomi è possibile connettersi alle relative pagine dell'Archivio dei Premi Nobel Name Anno di conferimento Addams, Jane The American Friends Service Committee Amnesty International Annan, Kofi ... Wilson, Thomas Woodrow in particolare sito ufficiale di MEDICI SENZA FRONTIERE - MSF ITALIA raggiungibile con la posta elettronica all'indirizzo: msf@msf.it

78. Wired News: Lech Walesa: Tech Freedom Fighter When former Polish president lech walesa pops into a chat room to discuss politics hishome in Gdansk, the former shipyard electrician turned nobel Peace Prize http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53299,00.html

Welcome to Wired News. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Search: News Animations Wired Magazine HotBot (the Web) Lech Walesa: Tech Freedom Fighter By Julia Scheeres Also by this reporter Page 1 of 2 next 02:00 AM Jun. 19, 2002 PT When former Polish president Lech Walesa pops into a chat room to discuss politics, people have a hard time believing they're debating issues with the man largely credited for the downfall of communism in Eastern Europe. Story Tools See also Fidel Won't Like This Website Group: Free Vietnam's Web Critics A Human Rights Site? In China? Hackers Win Security Challenge Picture Yourself in Politics Today's Top 5 Stories Online, Some Bloggers Never Die Can Net Whiz Kid Conquer Space? Callers Dial Up Local Cell Plans Gadget-Heavy Audi Geeks It Up ... High Priest of the Atari Cult In a telephone conversation from his home in Gdansk , the former shipyard electrician turned Nobel Peace Prize winner spoke about government attempts to stifle technology or to use it to spy on personal communication. Born the son of peasant farmers in 1943, the feisty

79. University Of North Carolina At Charlotte NEWS Office Of Public November 14, 2002 UNC Charlotte to award honorary degree to lech walesa Former presidentof Poland and nobel Peace Prize winner will receive honorary Doctor of http://www.uncc.edu/public_relations/2002/nov/walesa.html

University of North Carolina at Charlotte NEWS Office of Public Relations November 14, 2002 UNC Charlotte to award honorary degree to Lech Walesa Former president of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize winner will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Dec. 14 commencement CHARLOTTE— An already long and impressive list of Lech Walesa’s achievements will expand again when The University of North Carolina at Charlotte awards Poland’s first democratically elected president an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at its 3 p.m. commencement ceremony in Halton Arena on Dec. 14. Chancellor James H. Woodward will conduct the ceremony. “Lech Walesa embodies the character and ideals that UNC Charlotte strives to build among its own students, and we’re honored to confer this Doctor of Laws degree upon him,” said Woodward. “His achievements in the Polish labor movement, workers’ rights, government and business serve to remind others that the human spirit is indomitable in pursuing freedom and justice on behalf of others. Through his personal sacrifice and unwavering commitment, Lech Walesa has set an enduring example to others that every individual has the power to transform our world into a better place.” As an electrician in the shipyards at Gdansk, Walesa rose from anonymity to become one of the most recognized political leaders of the 20

80. Lech Walesa lech walesa is known for his valiant effort to free his native Poland from Communistrule. For his efforts, walesa was awarded the nobel Peace Prize in http://www.historyguide.org/europe/walesa.html

Lech Walesa Solidarnosc Polish trade union ( Niezalezny Samorzad Zwiazkow Zawodowych Solidarnosc ) that in the early 1980s became the first independent labor union in a country belonging to the Soviet bloc. Solidarity was founded in September 1980, was forcibly suppressed by the Polish government in December 1981, and reemerged in 1989 to become the first opposition movement to participate in free elections in a Soviet-bloc nation since the 1940s. Solidarity subsequently formed a coalition government with Poland's United Workers' (communist) Party (PUWP), after which its leaders dominated the national government. The origin of Solidarity traces back to 1976, when a Workers' Defense Committee ( Komitet Obrony Robotnikow Solidarnosc . The KOR subsequently disbanded, its activists becoming members of the union, and Walesa was elected chairman of Solidarity. A separate agricultural union composed of private farmers, named Rural Solidarity ( Wiejska Solidarnosc Return to the Lecture The History Guide Feedback jstevek ... @nc.rr.com

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