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Memoirs of Lech Walesa |
| Section: BOOK WORLD / FEATURED BOOK: Lech Walesa's A Way of Hope |
| Author: Jan Gross |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1988 |
| Size: 3,875 Words, 23,378 Characters |
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Revolutions foster creativity, and Solidarity is no exception. Solidarity's most important invention is, of course, civil society, which was effectively suspended in the countries where communist parties came to power and implemented "real socialism." Since 1945, Poland has experienced a steady erosion in the spontaneous and independent evolution of its social fabric. Every decade, the compression put upon society by the policies and social engineering of the ruling elite has proven unbearable and strikes or student demonstrations have erupted, bringing about a political crisis and a change of personnel in the ruling clique. But the events of 1980 were different. From the very beginning, the social upheaval in the Gdansk shipyards that gave birth to Solidarity was no mere challenge to the ...
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...m with millions of Poles who, on their own, within their own professional milieus, proceeded to reassert personal dignity and citizens rights. The history of international communism has been changed by this clever and charming man. He has demonstrated that despite the diligent efforts of a few generations of party cadres, the lurking of human faces behind socialism is a very real possibility.
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