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  • proper noun A political movement begun in the labor unions of Poland that contributed to the fall of Communism in that country.

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Examples

  • On 11 March, the DA leader echoed the fabrication that the SAPS would not hire Coloured police officers in the Western Cape, citing what he described as a Solidarity Report.

    ANC Today 2004

  • When shipyard workers in Gdansk formed a union which they called Solidarity, that could be considered acceptable, if one wished to stretch a point, for it was a movement within the great tradition of European labor movements.

    Poland Michener, James 1983

  • United we act," with the word "Solidarity!" below; and also the abundance of orange signs that read: "Stop the attack on public education.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael Shaw 2012

  • United we act," with the word "Solidarity!" below; and also the abundance of orange signs that read: "Stop the attack on public education.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael Shaw 2012

  • United we act," with the word "Solidarity!" below; and also the abundance of orange signs that read: "Stop the attack on public education.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael Shaw 2012

  • United we act," with the word "Solidarity!" below; and also the abundance of orange signs that read: "Stop the attack on public education.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Michael Shaw 2012

  • Before reaching the gate to enter the exhibition proper, I've passed a man covered with twigs and crows' feathers, a woman in polka dots with a tape machine playing the word "Po" every five seconds, a figure clad from head to toe in black garbage bags, someone pulling lengths of black ribbon from a tree next to the label "Solidarity" and a chap in a pinstripe suit and Gucci loafers spread out on a park bench snoring.

    Setting the Art World Alight Andrew McKie 2011

  • Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity is much more accessible.

    Matthew Yglesias » Influential Books 2010

  • With metta, and in Solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Brave People of Burma, especially the monks and the journalists!

    ABOUT AUNG SAN SUU KYI, MEDITATOR AND TEACHER Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009

  • With metta, and in Solidarity with Aung San Suu Kyi, and the Brave People of Burma, especially the monks and the journalists!

    Archive 2009-05-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009

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