How the Historical Experience of the Polish 'Solidarność' Movement could be used for Peaceful Change in the World Today?
How the Historical Experience of the Polish 'Solidarność' Movement could be used for Peaceful Change in the World Today?

Summary/Abstract: Thirty years ago Eegil Aarvik in his Presentation Speech on October 10, 1983 when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Lech Wałęsa, the leader of then banned first independent and self-governing SOLIDARNOŚĆ trade union in the Communist country said: "Solidarity has come to represent the determination to resolve conflicts and obliterate disagreement through peaceful negotiation, where all involved meet with mutual respect for one another's integrity". To commemorate this event the Institute of Applied Social Sciences, University of Warsaw acting under the patronage of Professor Barbara Kudrycka, Polish Minister of Higher Education and Science called young scholars all over the world to participate in an international competition for an Innovative Essay on: How the historical experience of the Polish "Solidarność" movement could be used for peaceful change in the world today. In this volume we presented, three of the seven awarded competition essays.

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