Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
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Introduction |
Editorial Cartoon Database |
Classroom Activities
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1980-12-5
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Reference number: MC2806-467
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Scope and Content
Irony is used to characterize Soviet military suppression of descent in Poland as military aid.
Title
Military Aid
Caption
It's very kind of Russians to offer us military aid, eh, Wladislah?"
Persons
Lech Walesa
- Born in Popowo, Poland, September 29, 1943
- Polish activist and politician
- Co-founded Solidarity (Solidarnosc), independent trade union within soviet Poland
- Lead and supported a general strike across Poland beginning in the Gdansk shipyard, 1980
- Interned for 11 months (until November 14, 1982) when Prime Minister Wojciech Jaruzelski declared a state of martial law, 1981
- Organized the Temporary Executive Committee of Solidarity Trade Union, 1987 to 1990
- President of Poland, 1990 to 1995