[VeraBlue]

Today marks the 25th anaversary of the events that started the fall of the iron curtain. This Made Poland the first to say to the Ruskies and start to finally open up to the western world. There was a whole huge meeting of world leaders (England, France etc, except for Bush because he's on vacation) in Gdansk, Poland. Somehow I don't think Putin was invited.

"The role of Solidarity in the downfall of communism was enormous because it showed the world that workers do not like communism," said Richard Pipes, a U.S. historian and adviser to late U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

http://www****n.com/2005/WORLD/europe...eut/index.html

Strikes in the Baltic Polish city of Gdansk and elsewhere in Poland in the summer of 1980 led to the emergence of Eastern Europe's first independent trade union and movement.

http://www****n.com/2005/WORLD/europe....ap/index.html