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August 31, 1980. The Polish government agrees to the demands of striking shipyard workers, who proceed to form the Soviet bloc’s first independent trade union, setting the stage for the fall of communism in Eastern Europe.

Listen to History Daily A Polish Labor Movement Sparks the Fall of Communism

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