Wałęsa
Americannoun
noun
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Among the attendees on Saturday was Lech Wałęsa, who led the movement to end communism in Poland and would go on to become the country's first democratically elected president.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
In Poland, Solidarity and Lech Wałęsa walked into the Round Table talks as the uncontested voice of the nation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
A better future shimmers on the page when Lech Wałęsa climbs over a fence as an unemployed electrician, taps someone on the shoulder and becomes “the face of the Polish revolution.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025
In Poland in 1980, shipyard workers under the leadership of labor activist Lech Wałęsa formed a trade union and went on strike to protest government policies.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
József Antall, an opposition leader and Hungary’s first post-Communist prime minister, called forth national pride in the service of democracy as Wałęsa did in Poland.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2020
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