Solidarity (Polish Union Movement) Activists - Lech Wa Sa, Lech Kaczy Ski, Rados Aw Sikorski, Adam Michnik, Jaros Aw Kaczy Ski (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Lech Wa sa, Lech Kaczy ski, Rados aw Sikorski, Adam Michnik, Jaros aw Kaczy ski, Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski, Jerzy Buzek, Bronis aw Geremek, Jacek Kuro, Jerzy Popie uszko, Bogdan Borusewicz, Anna Walentynowicz, Stanis aw Bara czak, Jan Olszewski, Janusz Krupski, Jan Rokita, Jozef Pinior, Alina Pienkowska, Jan Jozef Lipski, Edward Muller, Barbara Tuge-Ereci ska, Ludwik Dorn, Andrzej Czuma, Piotr Nowina-Konopka, Gabriel Janowski, Bogdan Lis, W adys aw Frasyniuk, Janusz niadek, Tomasz Strzembosz, Marian Krzaklewski, Zbigniew Romaszewski, Henryk Jankowski, Zbigniew Bujak, Antoni Macierewicz, Marian Jurczyk, Roman Bartoszcze, Jerzy Zdrada, Jerzy Kropiwnicki, Andrzej Gwiazda, Ma gorzata Bartyzel, Jan Rulewski, Edward Fialkowski, Janusz Zio kowski. Excerpt: Lech Wa sa (Polish: ) (Polish: , English: or; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish politician, trade-union organizer, and human-rights activist. A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity (Solidarno ), the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland between 1990 and 95. Wa sa was an electrician by trade, with no higher education. Soon after beginning work at the Gda sk (then, "Lenin") Shipyards, he became a trade-union activist. For this he was persecuted by the Polish communist government, placed under surveillance, fired in 1976, and arrested several times. In August 1980 he was instrumental in negotiations that led to the ground-breaking Gda sk Agreement between striking workers and the government, and he became a co-founder of the Solidarity trade-union movement. Arrested again after martial law was imposed and Solidarity was outlawed, upon release he continued his activism and was prominent in the establishment of the 1989 Round Table Agreement that led to semi-free parliamentary electio...