Solidarity 
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SOURCE: Labor and Working Class History Association
11/22/2022
From Solidarity to Shock Therapy: The AFL-CIO and the End of the Cold War
by Jeff Schuhrke
The AFL-CIO's leadership saw the emergence of the Polish Solidarity movement in 1980 as an opportunity to advance their anticommunist agenda. Did they also undermine the ability of a post-Soviet left to protect workers' interests against global capitalism?
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8/14/2022
How Poland's Solidarity Rejected the Temptation of Violence
by David Richards
The Polish Solidarity movement is an instructive study in how a coalition of workers, intellectuals and spiritual leaders maintained a commitment to nonviolence and dialogue in the face of repression.
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SOURCE: CNN
10/9/2021
Ted Lasso Isn't About What You Think
by David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele
"As historians, we've spent the past 18 months of the pandemic not only watching "Ted Lasso" but also thinking deeply about the values communities need to weather difficult times."
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SOURCE: The Metropole
3/2/2021
The Mega-Ode
The Urban History Association accentuates the positive in academic culture as urbanists salute the people who made a difference for them.
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SOURCE: The Daily Beast
10-25-13
Lech Walesa: Obama Couldn’t Accomplish What I Did
Lech Walesa is one hell of an obdurate man.
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