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September 1989

How Poland’s Solidarity won freedom of association

Robert A. Senser

Through 9 years of dramatic struggle, Solidarity and its supporters held firmly to no compromise on the basic right to form independent and self-governing unions. This article profiles that fight for the right to associate freely.

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