... across the country in April, May, and August 1988. In an attempt to take control of the situation, the government gave de facto recognition to Solidarity, and Interior Minister Kiszczak began talks with Lech Walesa on August 31. These talks broke off in October, but a new series, the "roundtable ... of the seats in the Sejm and all those in the Senate were freely contested; virtually all of these were won by candidates supported by Solidarity. The failure of the communists at the polls produced a political crisis. The roundtable agreement called for a communist president, and on July 19,...

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... . Throughout the Soviet bloc, reformers assumed power and ended over 40 years of dictatorial Communist rule. The reform movement that ended communism in East Central Europe began in Poland. Solidarity, an anti-Communist trade union and social movement, had forced Poland's Communist government to recognize it in 1980 through a wave of strikes that gained international attention. In 1981, ... Poland's Communist authorities, under pressure from Moscow, declared martial law, arrested Solidarity's leaders, and banned the democratic trade union. The ban did not bring an end to Solidarity. The ...

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... economic instability and political conflict, watched idly as Eastern Europe, their sphere of influence, began to change. Poland, in a popular election, voted in Solidarity, a union of workers, and voted out Jaruselski, the Soviet appointed leader, who had outlawed Solidarity. Czechoslovakia, in yet another popular election, elected Vaclav Havel, a playwright and political dissident, to the executive office. To this day, the states carved ... ...

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... the Arab and Muslim nations as withdrawing from 'the coalition', but the response of the Muslim world was confined to sentiment and posturing, although there were public expressions of solidarity with Muslims reported internationally in the media. These include examples like burning the US flag or the US President in effigy, which made the news on occasion, but no genuine ... ...

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... about Canada's future defence plans and how much they are willing to spend. The white paper stated that the Soviet threat once again has been accepted as a legitimate and alliance solidarity is very important to Canada's sovereignty. The paper stated that Canada would keep a close relationship with the Americans, as long at their maintain the nuclear hegemony, there was little that ... ...

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... about Canada's future defence plans and how much they are willing to spend. The white paper stated that the Soviet threat once again has been accepted as a legitimate and alliance solidarity is very important to Canada's sovereignty. The paper stated that Canada would keep a close relationship with the Americans, as long at their maintain the nuclear hegemony, there was little that ... ...

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... led to the deep transformation of Soviet foreign policy, thus paving the way for the end of the Cold War. A decade later, the collapse of communism looks like a preordained script: Solidarity's triumph in Poland in June; Hungary's decision to open its border with Austria in the summer, allowing East Germans to begin a stampede that set the stage for Nov. 9; Czechoslovakia's "Velvet ... ...

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... Union in order to humiliate the Soviets in the eyes of the rest of the world. The break down of détente was further ensured by the rise of the Solidarity movements in Poland. In the 1980s, Polish workers plagued by food shortages, organised wide spread strikes, which led up to the setting up of an independent trade union. Although Soviet ... ...

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... or her sovereign state's ideology. For examle, as Baylis states, "as a result of transborder networks, many people have acquireed loyalties that supplement and in some cases override feelings of national solidarity that previously lent legitimacy to state sovereignty. With the help of global conferences, global telecommunications, and so on, significiant territorial bonds have been cemented in women's movements, among transnational managerial ... ...

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