Poland and the Role of Solidarity Marisa Saldana and Sofia Venegas Overview What is Solidarity? (August 14‚ 1980) ● Independent self-governing trading union ● It was a broad anti-communist social movement ● Used the methods of civil resistance to advance the causes of workers’ rights and create social change. ● Contributed to the fall of communism and sparked the later Revolutions of 1989 Critical figures Lech Walesa ● ● ● ● ● Most prominent leader of the Solidarity movement Persistent activism
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`Solidarity and its effect on the fall of European Communist Regimes The rise of the Polish Solidarity Trade Union in the 1980’s was historically significant because of its continued persistency for social change. Solidarity’s ability to develop and persevere through years of political oppression led to substantial changes within the Polish Government and its influence led to the eventual collapse of Eastern European Communist regimes. Although Hungary‚ Czechoslovakia‚ and East Germany would receive
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Intimacy Intimacy is often defined as arising from a close acquaintance‚ association‚ or familiarity. This definition would definitely describe the relationship I have with my sister‚ Catherine. We share just about everything that goes on in our lives and know each other like the back of our hands. We are so close‚ in fact‚ that rarely do we hear what another is feeling before we already know. We can tell each other’s mood by the body language we are using. I plan to give a brief summary of
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The Solidarity movement in Poland was one of the most dramatic developments in Eastern Europe during the Cold War. It was not a movement that began in 1980‚ but rather a continuation of a working class and Polish intelligentsia movement that began in 1956‚ and continued in two other risings‚ in 1970 and 1976. The most significant of these risings began in the shipyards of the ’Triple City’‚ Gdansk‚ Sopot and Gdynia in 1970. The first and by far the most violent and bloody of the workers revolts came
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Intimacy can present itself in many different forms. From sensual love-making‚ passionate love for another‚ or simple closeness to another human being‚ intimacy is something humans (hopefully) experience many times throughout their lives. There is not a second thought to how we assign intimacy to different acts or feelings‚ but in the Arab-Islamic world in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries‚ some intimate acts could lead one to severe punishment or even death. Islamic law was (and still is)
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Intimacy With the Holy Spirit Course Paper By Daniel Pogue Overview of the Course The Intimacy with the Holy Spirit course is a core course required by the Master’s of Biblical Studies Program at Central Bible College International‚ Punta Gorda‚ FL. The academic studies of this course are designed to acquaint‚ define‚ expose‚ and cause the student to hunger for communion with the Holy Spirit. This course requires five modules of coursework to be accomplished‚ along with reading the book by
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GROWING IN INTIMACY OF GOD BY: Marian Barra Introduction The beginning of our relationship with God is from the moment we accept and believe Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior. As it gets personal‚ it grows daily until it becomes deeper and intimate. Intimacy generally refers to the feeling of being in a close personal association and belonging together. It is a familiar and very close affective connection with another as a result of a bond that is formed through knowledge and experience
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In the Electronic Intimacy by Christine Rosen she discusses the idea that using electronic devices can change how we communicate. She explains how she formed this weird bond with a friend they only used letters nothing else deepening their friendship without facebook or a cellphone‚ she also discusses the difference between the two‚ with email or texting encourages as she said “more efficient and instantaneous affirmation or rejection of our feelings” which cause a new form of anxiety‚ created from
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William Michael Sponheimer Fourth Writing Assignment SYP 3630 Homoeroticism or Male Intimacy Since its inaugural pilot episode on September 22‚ 1994 and over the span of ten years and 236 episodes ultimately ending on May 6th‚ 2004‚ the popular television sitcom Friends was one of the most beloved and unique shows of its time. The show follows the lives of six twenty-something friends; Joey‚ Chandler‚ Ross‚ Monica‚ Rachel‚ and Phoebe‚ as they survive the everyday chaos that is involved with living
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Identity and Intimacy in Adolescence: What Happens First? Although Eric Erickson’s theory of development suggests that an adolescent must develop an identity before he or she can be intimate with others‚ the truth may be a bit more complex. The level of intimacy adolescents experience in relationships and how their capacity to be intimate develops could be a result of various factors‚ including the adolescent’s gender‚ identity style‚ and the duration and quality of relationships. For instance
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