Solidarnosc commemorates twentieth anniversary of Gdansk Shipyard birth

Lech Walesa was the keynote speaker at the twentieth anniversary of the creation of "Solidarnosc" at the Gdansk Shipyard. Among hundreds of guests there were only 12 out of 19 people who belonged to Inter-departmental Strike Committee, which was the main body of "Solidarnosc". Among the guests were the Prime Minister, Sejm and Senate speakers and over ten Prime Ministers and right-wing party officials from Western Europe. There were only a few workers, who were at the shipyard at the time. "We fought for democracy to bring justice and let ourselves live better. Now it is not always like this," said one of the workers. "We had no time to give justice to all people who took part in this event. We did not say the magic word "thank you" in a convincing and satisfying enough way," said Walesa. (Rzeczpospolita, page A1, A2, Zycie, page 1, 4, 5, 6, 7)