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G 8 Challenging Systems: Solidarity and the Civil Rights Movement: Solidarity/Civil Rights Research

Key Methods

Protests (sit-in, marches)

Sit-in strikes

Strikes

List of demands

Posters

Slogans

Banners

Images

Chanting

Music

 

Lech Walesa: The Shipyard (NY Times)

Solidarity Video

"1980: Lech Walesa-Solidarity." YouTube, uploaded by Documentary Channel.  2 March 2016, youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=sTw1CxIjOgw. (8:17)

Excellent summary of the beginning of the strike and the conditions in Poland at the time.