Have just been invited to an event with Lech Wałęsa. I'm going to try to give him a copy of Reason's special issue commemorating 30 years since the fall of the Soviet Union, which includes my piece on how Pope John Paul II and Solidarity helped bring down Communism.
The Pope Who Helped Bring Down Communism
"I have no doubt," Polish President Lech Wałęsa once said, that without John Paul II "the birth of Solidarity would not have been possible."
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