Historical movement

An installation made with bicycles in Gdansk shipyard, Poland, yesterday, during the festivities marking the 30th anniversary of the Solidarity Movement. The bicycle was a main means of transport during the 1980 strike when, 30 years ago, Poland was...

An installation made with bicycles in Gdansk shipyard, Poland, yesterday, during the festivities marking the 30th anniversary of the Solidarity Movement. The bicycle was a main means of transport during the 1980 strike when, 30 years ago, Poland was squarely in the global spotlight as a strike spawned Solidarity, the Communist bloc’s first free trade union which later brought down the regime.

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