Solidarity

The End of the Cold War

In April 1989, Solidarity was legalised and allowed to participate in the upcoming elections. In these limited elections union candidates won a striking victory which sparked off a succession of peaceful anti-communist counterrevolutions in Central and Eastern Europe starting on June 4. By the end of August a Solidarity-led coalition government was formed and in December Wa??sa was elected president, resigning from his post in Solidarity.

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1989 - Upcoming elections - Anti-communist counterrevolutions - Central - Eastern Europe - June 4 - President

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Since then, the organization has become a more traditional trade union, but a political arm was founded in 1996 as Solidarity Electoral Action (AWS - now having a negligible political significance). Solidarity currently has around 1.5 million members.

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1996 - AWS

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