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Walesa's Rise, Solidarity's Decline in the New Poland

Journalist Lawrence Weschler is a staff writer for the New Yorker and has been covering Eastern Europe for the past decade. He joins Fresh Air to talk about labor leader Lech Walesa's successful democratic election, and the fallout of Poland's changing government and economy.

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Other segments from the episode on December 14, 1990

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 14, 1990: Interview with Lawrence Weschler; Interview with David Rosengarten, Joshua Wesson, and Corby Kummer; Review of the film "Havana."

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