Journal 64 – An electrician defeated communism

Lech Walesa is one of the most famous Poles in the world. He has a charismatic personality. In 1980, he believed that the days of communism were numbered. Walesa marched workers towards a bloodless revolution. In Gdansk, the workers began their protest in the shipyard named after Lenin. Lech Walesa, 37 years old an electrician, became their leader, because he believed in victory.
They hung 21 postulates on the shipyard gate. The “Solidarity” movement was rising in power, and soon it reached 10 million members in Poland.
In 1989, the communists finally accepted the “Solidarity” victory. Exactly, in Poland was established the first, in central and eastern Europe, noncommunist government. Poland freed itself from under the Soviet domination. The other countries in Europe followed in Polish footsteps.