Tag: Solidarity

Iran Protests Trigger Solidarity Rallies in US, Europe

WASHINGTON—Chanting crowds marched in the streets of Berlin, Washington, and Los Angeles on Saturday in a show of international support for demonstrators facing a violent government crackdown in Iran, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of that country’s morality police. On the U.S. National Mall, thousands of women and men…


Victims Expose True Face of Communism on 40th Anniversary of Imposing Martial Law in Poland

Martial Law was imposed in Poland by the communist regime on Dec. 13, 1981, in order to suppress “Solidarity,” the anti-communist grassroots movement of Polish people. Solidarity—the first trade union in the eastern communist block independent of the regime—was born in Poland in August 1980. The movement, which advocated workers’ rights and started demanding some…