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Walesa shuns Solidarity 30th anniversary sessions (AP)

August 30th, 2010

Former Polish President and first Solidarity trade union leader Lech Walesa smiles after lay a wreath at the Shipyard Workers Monument in Gdansk, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, ahead of the 30th anniversary of signing the August 1980 accords allowing the establishment of Solidarity, Eastern Europe's first free trade union that initiated the fall of communism. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)AP - Solidarity founder Lech Walesa shunned several of the movement’s 30th anniversary sessions Monday, saying he is tired and disillusioned with the Polish trade union’s current state.


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