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Sunday Best: Solidarity - Pushing backthe Curtain

on BBC Radio 4 FM

It was the beginning of the end of communism; 25 years ago, strikes led to the first independent trade union in Poland - Solidarity. In its heyday, one in three of the adult population was a member. Its leader, Lech Walesa , eventually became president of a democratic Poland. Misha Glenny finds out how communism was defeated. Producer Arlene Gregorius ; Editor Maria Balinska

Contributors

Leader:
Lech Walesa
Producer:
Arlene Gregorius
Editor:
Maria Balinska

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