Posted on Nov 13, 2019

Witness History - The legalisation of Solidarity - BBC Sounds

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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When the banned Polish trade union organisation, Solidarity, was legalised in April 1989 it was one of the first signs that communism was about to collapse in Eastern Europe. Within months Solidarity was leading a coalition government in Poland and soon afterwards the Berlin Wall fell. In 2015 Tom Esslemont spoke to the former Solidarity spokesman Janusz Onyszkiewicz about the events of that historic year.

Witness History - The legalisation of Solidarity - BBC Sounds

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SSG Robert Mark Odom

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Thanks for sharing brother.

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SGT Mary G.

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Interesting how current events many of us recall being covered in the news, are told of in a dispassionate streamlined way as a history lesson. Hindsight at its best.

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Witness History - The legalisation of Solidarity - BBC Sounds

Witness History - The legalisation of Solidarity - BBC Sounds

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