Free and Solidarity is een Poolse vakbond die op 17 september 1980 werd opgericht op de Lenin-scheepswerf in Gdańsk onder leiding van Lech Wałęsa. Het was de eerste vakbond in een land van het Warschaupact dat niet door een communistische partij werd gecontroleerd. Het lidmaatschap bereikte tijdens het congres van september 1981 een hoogtepunt van 10 miljoen leden, dat een derde van de totale beroepsbevolking van Polen vormde.
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Have you or someone you know ever participated in a protest or union? What motivated you or them, and what was the outcome?
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Why do you think people are willing to take significant risks to stand up for their beliefs in unions or movements?
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In what ways do you think a powerful social movement can influence government policy today, compared to the 1980s?
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How would you react if your workplace decided to form an independent union similar to Free and Solidarity, and why?
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Imagine if a third of the people in your country were part of a single movement; how do you think this would change your daily life?
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If you had the chance to lead a significant social movement, what values would be most important to you, and why?
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How do you think the digital age would have changed the spread and impact of a movement like Free and Solidarity if it started today?
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Can you think of a situation in your life where coming together as a group changed the outcome of an event or decision? How did it feel to be part of that?
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What are the challenges of maintaining unity in a large social movement, and how might these be overcome?
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If you could change one thing about how workers' rights are handled in your country, what would it be and why?
