25 Years After the Gdansk Uprising
Against The Current vol. 121
Weissman, Suzi
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/142
Date Written: 2006-03-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2006
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13224
Suzi Weissman interviews David Ost. The occupation of the Gdansk shipyard by Polish workers in 1980, demanding recognition of their independent trade union Solidarnosc, rocked the Eastern bloc and inspired the world. A quarter century later, Communist rule is only a bad memory but the present realities for the Polish working class are a grim choice between neoliberalism and reactionary psedo-populism. The following interview with David Ost, conducted by Suzi Weissman November 28, 2005 for her radio program “Beneath the Surface” on KPFK in Los Angeles (90.7 FM), explores what’s happened to post-Solidarity Poland. It has been edited for publication here.
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