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On Dec. 9, 1990, Lech Walesa, the founder of the Solidarity trade union and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, won Poland's presidential election.
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By Ian VasquezHere’s a picture symbolic of our times. It features our colleague José Piñera and Lech Walesa, both of whom have done so much to increase human freedom: Walesa for leading a workers’ movement that played a key role in the collapse of Soviet communism; and José Piñera for leading a revolution in private pensions that [...]
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A libel trial has started in Poland over charges former President Lech Walesa once worked as a communist spy. The court case pits the anti-communist leader against his one-time ally and successor as president, Lech Kaczynski. The court case was ...
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Journalists often like to start out an interview with a softball question to break the ice before moving on to controversial topics. This tactic clearly doesn't work on former Polish President and Solidarity leader Lech Walesa:SPIEGEL ONLINE: Are you looking forward to travelling to Berlin on Monday for the 20th anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall?
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From blog.foreignpolicy.com
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Former Polish President Lech Walesa said that the fall of the Iron Curtain was due in a large part to Pope John Paul II and the Solidarity labor movement. A visual presentation during Lech Walesa's address depicted the visit of Pope John Paul II to ...
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