Illinois Solidarity Party a Solidarity Party presidential candidate in 1988 and 1992. This is interesting because Fulani works closely with Fred Newman, a former affiliate of LaRouche who broke from the National Caucus of Labor Committees to start his own political activities. Illinois Solidarity Party The Solidarity Party was an American political party in the state of Illinois. It was named after Lech Wałęsa's Solidarity movement in Poland, which was widely-admired in Illinois at the time (Illinois has a very large Polish American population, especially around Chicago). The party was founded in 1986 by Senator Adlai Stevenson III in reaction to the Democratic
Solidarity (United States) movement not for what it is and can become, but only what it might offer in the way of recruits. We reject this conception and affirm the need for an effective class movement in and for itself, which requires new forms of action, thinking and dialogue rather than repeating the known formulas" ("Regroupment & Refoundation of a U.S. Left"). Solidarity publishes a bi-monthly Marxist journal, "Against the Current", which is produced by an editorial board including Solidarity members and independent socialists. In 2000, Solidarity endorsed both the Green Party's Ralph Nader and the Socialist Party USA's David McReynolds for President.