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
Communist Movement of the Valencian Country first violent episodes of the "Battle of València". 6,000 people attended his funeral. The MCPV gained 27 town councillors in the Spanish municipal elections of 1979. Due to bad electoral results in general elections, the party abandoned electoralism and supported street protests and social movements. It was highly influential in the anti-NATO campaign of the 80's and in the anti-Military service movement. The party joined Alternative Left in 1991. Communist Movement of the Valencian Country Communist Movement of the Valencian Country (Valencian: "Moviment Comunista del País Valencià", "MCPV") was a communist political party created in the Valencian Country during the