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French Enthusiasm for Solidarność

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France was one of the main supporters of Solidarność. The events in August and September 1980 immediately gained the interest of the French media. Trade unionists started to collaborate with their Polish colleagues, for instance by setting up exchange programs or by introducing Solidarność to international trade unions. Organisations of solidarity were founded and started to collect food, clothes and drugs. After the proclamation of Martial Law in Poland, this grew into a mass movement, involving many layers of the French population. Both workers and intellectuals were drawn to the idea of a ‘second left’: an alternative to the old and radical socialism.

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  • Frybes, Marcin, 2008. "French Enthusiasm for Solidarność," European Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 16(1), pages 65-73, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:eurrev:v:16:y:2008:i:01:p:65-73_00
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