History of Solidarity History of Solidarity The history of Solidarity (, pronounced ), a Polish non-governmental trade union, began on August 14, 1980, at the Lenin Shipyards (now Gdańsk Shipyards) at its founding by Lech Wałęsa and others. In the early 1980s, it became the first independent labor union in a Soviet-bloc country. Solidarity gave rise to a broad, non-violent, anti-communist social movement that, at its height, claimed some 9.4 million members. It is considered to have contributed greatly to the fall of communism. Poland's communist government attempted to destroy the union by instituting martial law in 1981, followed by several years of
Movement for Solidarity and Development Movement for Solidarity and Development The Movement for Solidarity and Development (, MSD) is a political party in the Republic of the Congo. The MSD is led by Serge Blanchard Oba, who was Administrator-General of the Congo Telecommunications Company (SOTELCO) from 2003 to 2008. In the parliamentary election held on June 24 and August 5, 2007, the party won three out of 137 seats. In the July–August 2012 parliamentary election, the MSD failed to win any seats. After a difficult period in which the MSD lost many members, the party held its first extraordinary congress on 7 June 2014. According