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Lech Wałęsa

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Name: Lech Wałęsa

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Rita Cosby: My Father's Message of Freedom

Just a few days ago I spoke at the first ever Freedom Of Speech Awards Gala held at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. Sitting there before me in this gloriously resplendent ballroom of towering marble pillars and restored frescoes, was Solidarity leader ... [Published Huffington Post - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Rita Cosby, Poland, Lech Wałęsa, Freedom of Speech

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

Lest we forget European allies

SHORTLY, the respective political parties will be asking their membership to select candidates for the forthcoming European elections.With 65 per cent of UK trade and exports being imported by our European neighbours and 1.4million UK citizens working ... [Published Tamworth Herald - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Condor Legion, Elections, Spanish Civil War, United Kingdom, Lech Wałęsa

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

Keeping the spirit of Poland's Solidarity movement alive

It´s nearly 25 years since the mass movement in Poland began a process which led to the fall of communism across Europe. But are the young Poles of today forgetting the role Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement played?With eyes focused on Syria, protests ... [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Poland, Lech Wałęsa, Electrician, National Remembrance Institute

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

On anniversary of key moment, memories fading about Poland's traumatic history

Ask young Polish citizens about their country’s communist era, and their eyes will likely glaze over.It takes people of a certain age to remember Cold War terms like “Warsaw Pact,” the former Soviet-occupied alliance east of the iron curtain.As Poland ... [Published Public Radio International - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Poland, Memory, Lech Wałęsa

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Presidents Ilves and Wałęsa discussed Europe

Presidendi Kärajad teemal ''Enam või vähem Euroopat?''Democratic capitalism, where discussions are held before any decisions are adopted, has difficulties in competing with non-democratic countries where parliaments decide according to what they are being ... [Published President of the Republic of Estonia - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Lech Wałęsa, Poland, Jan Kulczyk, Chancellor of Justice

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Reporters Sans Frontières

Reporters Without Borders, laureate of the International Association of Press Clubs Award

Reporters Without Borders receives today, June 4, in Warsaw, the Freedom of Speech Award by the International Association of Press Clubs (IAPC) . This organization, representing thirty Press Clubs in twenty countries, awards this prize for the first ... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Reporters Sans Frontières, Lech Wałęsa, Warsaw, Freedom of Speech

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

Krzywonos claims Walesa was not real leader in 1980

Walesa has defended his role as 'Solidarity leader'Lech Walesa has reacted angrily this week to an interview by fellow Solidarity hero Henryka Krzywonos in which she claimed Bogdan Borusewicz was the real leader of the 1980 shipyard strike which gave ... [Published New Poland Express - May 31 2013]

Entities: Bogdan Borusewicz, Lech Wałęsa, Jadwiga Staniszkis, Andrzej Wajda

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Women in Politics

Using information technology to boost democracy is not new; in Poland in the 1980s, cassette tapes of speeches by Solidarity leader Lech Walesa were passed from factory to factory, delivering a message of openness and freedom. What is new is the speed ... [Published Coca-Cola - May 28 2013]

Entities: Madeleine K Albright, Mexico, Democracy

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

This Day in History - May 28

1923: The US Attorney General determines it is legal for women to wear trousers.OTHER EVENTS1863: The first black regiment from the North leaves Boston to fight in the American Civil War.1864: Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian lands in Veracruz, ... [Published Jamaica Observer - May 28 2013]

Entities: Soviet Union, Robert Mugabe, Carroll Baker, Haiti

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

A Marxist History Of The World: From Neanderthals To Neoliberals

by Neil Faulkner(Pluto Press, £18) Anyone attempting to write a history of the world is, one might think, either a fool or a Hercules. Neil Faulkner is neither.He takes the reader on a heady gallop through the epochs, dynasties and empires of history, ... [Published Morning Star Online - May 26 2013]

Entities: Spanish Communist Party, Mário Soares, Pluto Press, Ignorance

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

The man who “broke the Soviet bear’s teeth”

Lech Walesa has always dismissed accusations of having collaborated with Communist officials Dubai: Born into a working class family in Popowo, Poland, and detained several times due to his constant rejection of Communist rule, Lech Walesa managed to ... [Published Gulf News - May 25 2013]

Entities: Lech Wałęsa, Secret Police, Poland, Piotr Gontarczyk, National Remembrance Institute

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Polands Most Famous Ambassador Lech Walesa in Fashion Gaffe

Solidarity hero Lech Walesa widely regarded as one of Poland's most famous living heroes is under fire back home - for committing the worst fashion crime of wearing sandals with white socks. "How could he shame us so" wrote Polish media this week which ... [Published Croatian Times - May 21 2013]

Entities: Lech Wałęsa, Fashion, Poland, Nobel Laureate

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Poland's Only Gay Parliamentarian Attacked Afte... [Published Gay.com - Jun 17 2013]
Protesters beware [Published The Moscow News - Jun 17 2013]
Jean Vanier to receive Pacem in Terris Award in... [Published QC Times - Jun 17 2013]
The iridescent Chinese dragon [Published Catholic World Report - Jun 17 2013]
Rita Cosby: My Father's Message of Freedom [Published Huffington Post - Jun 17 2013]
LEVANT: Fool’s errand [Published Ezra Levant - Jun 16 2013]
L’Arche founder Jean Vanier to receive Pacem in... [Published The Catholic Messenger - Jun 14 2013]
Transmissions from a Lone Star: Istanbul and th... [Published RIA Novosti - Jun 12 2013]
Not such a happy anniversary [Published The Economist - Jun 10 2013]
Not such a happy anniversary [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Jun 10 2013]
Lest we forget European allies [Published Tamworth Herald - Jun 10 2013]
Can Aung San Suu Kyi Follow in the Footsteps of... [Published AsiaSource - Jun 08 2013]
Exotic trips entice Ole Miss alumni [Published Daily Mississippian - Jun 06 2013]
Keeping the spirit of Poland's Solidarity movem... [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 06 2013]
Presidents Ilves and Wałęsa discussed Europe [Published President of the Republic of Estonia - Jun 05 2013]
On anniversary of key moment, memories fading a... [Published Public Radio International - Jun 05 2013]
Reporters Without Borders, laureate of the Inte... [Published Reporters Without Borders - Jun 04 2013]
Obama overhauls missile defence [Published News24.com - Jun 04 2013]
Why the Sudden Interest in 1930s Catholic Pries... [Published Web Commentary - Jun 04 2013]
Krzywonos claims Walesa was not real leader in ... [Published New Poland Express - May 31 2013]
Correspondence: Andrew Roberts appointed as a t... [Published Cabinet Office - May 30 2013]
Cuban blogger returns home to unknown future [Published York Daily Record - May 29 2013]
Women in Politics [Published Coca-Cola - May 28 2013]
This Day in History - May 28 [Published Jamaica Observer - May 28 2013]
Polish Investments program funds first project [Published Warsaw Business Journal - May 27 2013]
A Marxist History Of The World: From Neandertha... [Published Morning Star Online - May 26 2013]
The man who “broke the Soviet bear’s teeth” [Published Gulf News - May 25 2013]
In conversation: The shadow minister and Europe... [Published Politics.co.uk - May 23 2013]
First contract for Polish Investments program s... [Published Warsaw Business Journal - May 23 2013]
Anti-Semitism without Jews [Published Haaretz - May 22 2013]

Blogs

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LEVANT: Fool’s errand [Published Ezra Levant - Jun 16 2013] In 1982, Muslim extremists launched a civil war against Syria’s dictator, Hafez Assad. His soldiers chased them to the town of Hama, surrounded the city and pounded it with artillery for a solid month. Thirty thousand men, women and children were killed. ...
Not such a happy anniversary [Published Eastern approaches - The Economist - Jun 10 2013] A HISTORY pock-marked with war and tragedy makes happy anniversaries a rare event in Poland but last week Poles have been popping champagne corks to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the country’s first free elections. In June 1989 Solidarity swept ...
Iranian trade unionist Osanlooo goes into exile [Published Harry's Place - May 15 2013] Back in 2006, I joined a demonstration in front of the Iranian Interests Section in Washington to call for justice for striking bus workers in Tehran and the release of imprisoned union leaders. Those union leaders included Mansour Osanloo, leader ...
Eye on Iran: U.S. Blacklists Firms for Evading ... [Published Solsticewitch13's BOS - May 10 2013] br />!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--> For continuing coverage follow us on Twitter andjoin our Facebook group. Top Stories Reuters: "The United States has blacklisted two companies it says helped Iranevade sanctions on oil sales ...
Austerity Is A Consequence — Not A Punishment [Published Clusterstock - Apr 20 2013] The Bang! Moment The Purpose of Debt Austerity Is a Consequence, Not a Punishment San Francisco, Carlsbad, Tulsa, Nashville, and Brussels Two seemingly different questions and comments from readers and friends crossed my path the last few days, ...

Press Releases

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Muhammad Ali Receives National Constitution Cen... [Published PR Newswire - Sep 14 2012]