Solidarity (disambiguation)
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Solidarity
is a unity of purpose or togetherness.
Solidarity may also refer to:
Solidarity
Solidarity is a Polish trade union federation that emerged on August 31, 1980 at the Gdańsk Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa. It was the first non-communist party-controlled trade union in a Warsaw Pact country. Solidarity reached 9.5 million members before its September 1981 congress...
is a unity of purpose or togetherness.
Solidarity may also refer to:
Trade unions
- Solidarity (Polish trade union), a Polish trade union founded in 1980
- Solidarity (South African trade union)Solidarity (South African trade union)Solidarity is a South African trade union that negotiates on behalf of its members and attempts to protect workers' rights. Although the union is often involved in issues of policial import, it does not align or formally affiliate itself with any political party. Solidarity is a trade union within...
, a South African trade union with a large white African membership base - Solidarity – The Union for British WorkersSolidarity – The Union for British WorkersSolidarity – The Union for British Workers is a United Kingdom trade union formed in late 2005 that is closely associated with the British National Party and Third Way think tank. It is named after the Polish trade union Solidarność, and its logo also appears to be derived from that of the Polish...
, a UK trade union linked to the British National Party
Political parties
- Solidarity (Ukraine)Solidarity (Ukraine)Solidarity was a political party in Ukraine registered in March 2001. The part was led by Petro Poroshenko.-History:At the legislative elections, 30 March 2002, the party was part of the Viktor Yushchenko Bloc Our Ukraine...
, a political party in Ukraine - Solidarity PartySolidarity PartyThe Solidarity Party was an American political party in the state of Illinois. It was named after Lech Wałęsa's Solidarity movement in Poland, which was widely-admired in Illinois at the time .The party was founded in 1986 by Senator Adlai Stevenson III in reaction to the Democratic Party's...
, an American political party founded by Adlai Stevenson III in the state of Illinois - Solidarity (Scotland)Solidarity (Scotland)Solidarity is a political party in Scotland, launched on September 3, 2006 as a breakaway from the Scottish Socialist Party in the aftermath of Tommy Sheridan's libel action...
, a breakaway from the Scottish Socialist Party in September 2006
Other political organisations
- Solidarity (UK)Solidarity (UK)Solidarity was a small libertarian socialist organisation from 1960 to 1992 in the United Kingdom. It published a magazine of the same name. Solidarity was close to council communism in its prescriptions and was known for its emphasis on workers' self-organisation and for its radical...
, a libertarian socialist organisation in the United Kingdom 1960-1992 - Solidarity (U.S.), a United States political organization formed by the fusion of the International Socialists, Socialist Unity, and Workers' Power
- Cornish SolidarityCornish SolidarityCornish Solidarity is a Cornish organisation founded in February 1998. It was founded by the then President of Redruth and District Chamber of Commerce, Mr Greg Woods, who having been disgusted at the press being notified of the demise of South Crofty Mine before the staff and workers of the mine,...
, a cross-party organisation fighting for 'Cornish Rights' - Solidarity (Australia)Solidarity (Australia)Solidarity is a Trotskyist organisation in Australia, formed in 2008 from a merger between three out of four groups emerging from the International Socialist tradition: the International Socialist Organisation , Socialist Action Group and Solidarity. The group is a member of the International...
, an Australian Trotskyist organisation - Solidarity Youth Movement, KeralaSolidarity Youth Movement, KeralaSolidarity Youth Movement is the youth wing of the Islamist organization Jama-athe Islami Hind in the state of Kerala in India. The movement's stated objective is to "liberate the generation of youths from moral bankruptcy and debauchery and to transform them in to a radical vanguard fighting for...
, a youth movement based in Kerala, India
Newspapers and magazines
- Solidarity (newspaper)Solidarity (newspaper)Solidarity is a socialist newspaper published by the Alliance for Workers' Liberty .The paper was founded as a monthly in the mid-1990s, as Action for Health and Welfare, by the Welfare State Network , a campaign supported by the AWL, the International Socialist Group and others.The paper became...
, a newspaper published by the Alliance for Workers Liberty in the United Kingdom - Solidarity (U.S. newspaper)Solidarity (U.S. newspaper)Solidarity, a newspaper published by the Industrial Workers of the World, was an eastern U.S. publication. The newspaper, the official periodical of the organization in its early years, was born of the McKees Rock strike in 1909, initially by the IWW's Pittsburgh-New Castle Industrial Council...
, a newspaper published by the Industrial Workers of the WorldIndustrial Workers of the WorldThe Industrial Workers of the World is an international union. At its peak in 1923, the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. Its membership declined dramatically after a 1924 split brought on by internal conflict... - Solidarity, a monthly magazine published by the United Auto WorkersUnited Auto WorkersThe International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, better known as the United Auto Workers , is a labor union which represents workers in the United States and Puerto Rico, and formerly in Canada. Founded as part of the Congress of Industrial...
Music
- Solidarity ForeverSolidarity Forever"Solidarity Forever", written by Ralph Chaplin in 1915, is perhaps the most famous union anthem. It is sung to the tune of "John Brown's Body" and is inspired by "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Although it was written as a song for the Industrial Workers of the World , other union movements,...
, an anthem of the leftist and trade-union movements - Solidarity, a song by the band Five Iron Frenzy from their album All the Hype That Money Can BuyAll the Hype That Money Can BuyAll the Hype That Money Can Buy, Five Iron Frenzy's third full-length studio album, released April 25, 2000, on Five Minute Walk, under their SaraBellum imprint, with distribution from Warner Bros. Records. It is musically their most diverse album, binding elements of salsa, Calypso music, and...
- Solidarity, a song by the post-hardcore UK band Enter ShikariEnter ShikariEnter Shikari are a British band, that combine post-hardcore with elements of various electronic genres, formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The band is named after a boat belonging to Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' uncle, and a character in a play which he wrote before forming the band, both of...
- Solidarity, a song from Billy Elliot the MusicalBilly Elliot the MusicalBilly Elliot the Musical is a musical based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot. The music is by Sir Elton John, and book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around motherless Billy, who trades boxing gloves for ballet shoes...
, written by Elton John and Lee Hall - Solidarity, a song by Jamaican Reggae group Black UhuruBlack UhuruBlack Uhuru are a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru . The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Duckie Simpson always maintaining group control and ownership...
See also
- Solidarism (disambiguation)
- La SolidaridadLa solidaridadLa Solidaridad was an organization created in Spain on December 13, 1888. Composed of Filipino liberals exiled in 1872 and students attending Europe's universities, the organization aimed to increase Spanish awareness of the needs of its colony, the Philippines, and to propagate a closer...
, a 19th century Filipino propagandist group - Solidaridad, Quintana RooSolidaridad, Quintana RooSolidaridad is one of the ten municipalities that make up the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It is also one of the youngest municipalities in the country and was formed on July 28 of 1993 by decree of the State Congress during the administration of Mario Villanueva Madrid...
, Mexican municipality - Solidarity - Kosovo is Serbia, a Serbian media campaign
- SolidarnostSolidarnostSolidarnost is a Russian liberal democratic political movement founded on 13 December 2008 by a number of well-known members of the liberal democratic opposition, including Garry Kasparov, Boris Nemtsov and others from the Yabloko and Union of Right Forces Solidarnost (Солидарность, Russian for...
, a modern Russian opposition movement - Solidarity CrisisSolidarity CrisisThe Solidarity Crisis refers to a protest movement in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1983 that emerged in response to the Social Credit government's economic policy of "restraint." A mass coalition, the Solidarity Coalition, was formed, composed of community organizations and trade unions, which...
, a protest movement in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1983