master in slavic languages and political sciences, I became a professionnal photographer in my early thirties. Based in Belgium (and partly Sweden), my interests take my abroad: human's and women's rights, ethnic and religious minorities, working conditions,... always on the human side!
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Poland: Workers Of The Gdansk Shipyard
By Francois Struzik
Posted in all, features, europe, slides on 4 June 2010
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sounds of the building hall by Cécile Liège
In 1980 the workers at the Gdansk shipyard, then called the LENIN shipyard, fought on behalf of the entire Poland. In that year the SOLIDARNOSC union was founded. Lech WALESA, electrician at the shipyard, became one of the most famous union leaders. This was the beginning of the end for the communist [...]