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Philosopher influenced Solidarity movement

The voice of Leszek Kolakowski was ‘fundamental for the fate of Poland’

By Nicholas Kulish / The Bulletin
July 23, 2009

WARSAW, Poland — Leszek Kolakowski, a Polish philosopher who rejected Marxism and helped inspire the Solidarity movement in his native land while living in exile, died Friday in Oxford, England. He was 81.

His family announced his death in the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, saying....

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