Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Solidarity), the first independent trade union behind the Iron Curtain. The long and hard battle to bring down communist dictatorship has begun.
gdansk, poland
berlin wall
iron curtain
trade union
anti-communism
human rights
labor union
shipyard
communist propaganda
workers union
fight for justice
1980s
political repression
warsaw, poland
state crimes
dictatorship aftermath
european history
fall of communism
freedom of expression
political documentary
fighting the system
historical documentary