The press - and 1980 Thatcher Government - unfairly criticised the trade union movement over its support for the newly formed Polish Solidarity Trade Union, according to the most detailed analysis of ...

In December 1970, Polish workers rose up against a food price hike. Authorities reacted brutally, killing dozens. These experiences shaped the later Solidarnosc movement, which helped to bring down ...

Forty years ago, the independent trade union Solidarnosc was founded in Poland. It paved the way for the end of communism in Europe. But the country is divided on whether Lech Walesa, its leader, was ...

Thirty years ago, on 6 February 1989, the Polish government administered by the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) invited opposition groups, among them representatives of the Independent ...

Solidarność means Solidarity, but for Poles it stands for so much more. Not many Polish words have had an international career like this one's. In 1980s, the word solidarność accustomed a global ...

Last week, the Romney campaign was wrapping itself in the heroism of Lech Walesa and the Polish trade union Solidarnosc which played such a critical role in toppling the Polish Communist Party and, ...

While Romney toured Poland, the current leaders of the historic union denounced his “support for the attacks against trade unions and labor rights.” By signing up, you confirm that you are over the ...

Tadeusz Mazowiecki, a luminary of Poland's Solidarity movement and the country's first prime minister after the fall of communism, has died. Polish media reported Mazowiecki died on October 28 at the ...

The 1980 workers’ uprising in Poland was not the first time the working class there had fought back against state capitalism. ln 1956, 1970 and 1976 workers had taken to the streets when the state had ...

Forty years ago, on Aug. 31, 1980, one of the most astounding events of the 20th century took place in Poland. It was a peaceful rebellion that led to the consent of the authorities to the ...

Poland today is a flourishing democracy, a member of NATO, and in line to join the European Union. Relations with Moscow are good. If anyone had predicted 20 years ago that the Poles would be able to ...

The press - and 1980 Thatcher Government - unfairly criticised the trade union movement over its support for the newly formed Polish Solidarity Trade Union, according to the most detailed analysis of ...