On the 25th anniversary of the establishemnt of the Solidarity trade union, the Lech Walesa Institute and the solidarity center Foundation organized the three-day conference „From Solidarnosc to freedom”.  This initiative engaged many international and domestic milieus – at the same time as being a common endeavor undertaken in the spirit of solidarity and mutual responsibility in the struggle for human rights and freedom.

The conference also provided an excellent opportunity to express a profound gratitude to our friends the world over, without whom the victory of "Solidarność" would not have been possible.

The text is the record of the lectures given during the conference that took place in Warsaw and Gdansk on 29-31 August 2005.