IT ALL STARTED IN THE GDANSK SHIPYARD, THIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO

ONE OF THE 

FIRST FRUITS OF 

THE RISE OF SOLIDARITY 

IN POLAND 

1980 MONUMENT 
TO THE WORKERS 
WHO DIED IN 1970 

Photographed in the summer of 1981 

Construction of this monument was one of the key demands of the Gdansk Lenin Shipyard workers who rose up on August 14, 1980, and gave birth to the movement known as Solidarność (Solidarity).  It was up by December 1980, and said to be built to last, so it could not just be torn down with another turn of the political wheel.  It is still up in 2013.  The shipyard and the shipyard workers have not fared so well -- except, of course, that ultimately they helped "Let Poland Be Poland." 

More of the story here and here.