People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Catholic intellectual of Solidarity who became the Eastern Bloc's first non-communist prime minister
Government and administration · Poland
1927–2013
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Jacek Jan Kuroń Jacek Jan Kuroń
A dissident socialist who linked workers’ self-management to civic solidarity
Social movements and organizing · Workers' Defence Committee (KOR)
1934–2004
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Bogdan Michał Borusewicz Bogdan Borusewicz
The Solidarity strategist who planned the 1980 Gdańsk strike, shaped the 21 Demands, and co-founded the MKS
Social movements and organizing · Solidarity (Solidarność)
1949–
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Alina Pienkowska Alina Pienkowska
The shipyard nurse who, when the regime declared the strike over, held workers back and turned it into a solidarity strike
Social movements and organizing · Free Trade Unions of the Coast (WZZ)
1952–2002