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Lech Walesa
Lech Walesa is probably best known as the leader of the Solidarity movement which led Poland out of Communism and played a significant role in the changing political landscape of Eastern Europe towards the end of the 20th century. A living legend and political icon, Lech Walesa draws on the lessons he learned from his struggle and eventual triumph over communism to motivate and inspire audiences around the globe. In August 1980 he led the Gdansk shipyard strike, which started a wave of other strikes around Poland. The authorities were forced to capitulate and to negotiate with him resulting in the Gdansk Agreement of 31 August 1980, which gave the workers the right to strike and to organise their own independent union. The Catholic Church supported the movement, and in January 1981 Pope John Paul II in the Vatican cordially received Walesa.
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