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Also Known As	Independent Self-Governing Trade Union Solidarity • Niezależny Samorząd Związków Zawodowych Solidarność • Solidarność
Date	September 22, 1980 - present
Areas Of Involvement	communism
Related People	Donald Tusk • Lech Wałęsa • Mateusz Morawiecki • Jarosław Kaczyński • Lech Kaczyński • Leszek Kolakowski • Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski

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