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Witness History: The Strike That Changed Poland

By December 21, 2021January 13th, 2022No Comments

9m

BBC World Service

Poland’s communist economy was in crisis in 1980. At Gdańsk’s Lenin Shipyard, strikers forced the communist authorities to back down, creating the Solidarity workers’ movement.

Producer Bartosz Panek, Presenter John Beauchamp. A Free Range and Overcoat Media co-production