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Featured article: July 26, 2008 The history of Solidarity, a Polish non-governmental trade union, began in August 1980 at the Gdańsk Shipyards where Lech Wałęsa and others formed Solidarity. In the early 1980s, it became the first independent labor union in a Soviet-bloc country. Solidarity gave rise to a broad anti-communist nonviolent social movement that, at its height, united some 10 million members and vastly contributed to the fall of communism. Poland's communist government attempted to destroy the union by instituting martial law in 1981, followed by several years of political repression, but in the end was forced to begin negotiating with the union. The Roundtable Talks between the weakened government and the Solidarity-led opposition resulted in semi-free elections in 1989. By the end of August 1989, a Solidarity-led coalition government had been formed, and, in December 1990, Wałęsa was elected president. This was soon followed by the dismantling of the communist governmental system and by Poland's transformation into a modern democratic state. Solidarity's example led to the spread of anti-communist ideas and movements throughout the countries of the Eastern Bloc, weakening their communist governments; a process that eventually culminated in the Revolutions of 1989 (the "Autumn of Nations"). (more...) Recently featured: William Gibson – Exmoor – SS Christopher Columbus

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Featured sound This 1860 phonautogram by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville is the earliest known recording of the human voice, though it was never intended to be played back. (file info)

Featured picture: August 01, 2008 A 1918 silent film clip showing tanks in World War I. The tank was the most rapidly developed weapon system in the history of warfare. From non-existence, the tank went from concept to the decisive edge in World War I in less than three years. Film credit: U.S. National Archives Recently featured: Yellow coneflowers – Patchwork quilt – Malcolm X

Featured list: List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cleveland

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Cleveland, England, United Kingdom. In England the body responsible for designating SSSIs is Natural England, which chooses a site because of its fauna, flora, geological or physiographical features. As of 2006, there are 18 sites designated within this Area of Search, of which 12 have been designated due to their biological interest, 4 due to their geological interest, and 2 (Durham Coast and Redcar Rocks) for both. Site name Reason for Designation Area Grid reference Year in which notified Map Biological Interest Geological Interest Hectares Acres Boulby Quarries   Y 40.3 99.6 NZ745200 1989 [1] Briarcroft Pasture Y   1.8 4.3 NZ394193 2004 [2] Cowpen Marsh Y   116.8 288.6 NZ500529 1966 [3] Durham Coast Y Y 765.4 1,891.4 NZ381685–NZ495362 1960 [4] Hart Bog Y   1.8 4.4 NZ452354 1968 [5] Hartlepool Submerged Forest   Y 19.7 48.6 NZ520315 1988 [6] See full list...

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