KnowraLech WałęsaLinked fromLinked fromThe 18 pages that link to Lech Wałęsa, each with the reason it gives.All 18Broader topic 1Related 15Compared with 2SolidarityRelated: As a strike leader and negotiator, he became the movement’s most prominent public representative.Polish People's RepublicRelated: His organizing challenged the regime and helped bring it to negotiations.Revolutions of 1989Related: His leadership connected workplace organizing, negotiations, and the opposition’s electoral breakthrough.Anti-communismRelated: His organizing shows anti-communism emerging from labor activism within a communist state.Democratic transitionRelated: Solidarity’s organizing and bargaining made labor opposition a force in Poland’s transition.Václav HavelRelated: Wałęsa and Havel became prominent figures in the region’s peaceful opposition to communist rule.Pope John Paul IIRelated: Wałęsa’s opposition movement and John Paul II’s public support both challenged communist rule in Poland.Polish Round Table AgreementRelated: He led Solidarity’s delegation and personified the opposition’s role in the negotiations.Martial law in PolandRelated: His detention and continued prominence made him a focal point of opposition during martial law.Gdańsk ShipyardRelated: As a shipyard electrician, he became the strike’s best-known leader and Solidarity’s first chairman.Man of IronRelated: His appearance links the film directly to the movement’s real leadership.Edward GierekRelated: Wałęsa emerged from the shipyard labor movement that forced Gierek from power.Anna WalentynowiczRelated: He joined the strike after Walentynowicz’s dismissal and became its leading negotiator.Tadeusz MazowieckiRelated: Wałęsa supported Mazowiecki’s appointment, then became his opponent in the 1990 presidential contest.Lech KaczyńskiRelated: Kaczyński’s political career began in the opposition movement that Wałęsa helped lead.