Round 11: Tossup 15

A mass withdrawal of funds from this organization’s bank accounts is depicted in the film 80 Million. Lane Kirkland oversaw an operation smuggling supplies to this organization through its office in Brussels. Activists graffitied dwarves in one city as part of a social movement that helped broaden this organization’s popular appeal, the Orange Alternative. This organization’s leader signed the August (10[1])Agreements with a pen depicting Pope John Paul II, whose 1979 visit to this organization’s country galvanized its (10[1])creation. (10[2])This organization participated in the Round Table Talks eight years after being banned following a strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk. For 10 points, name this trade union whose leader Lech Wałęsa (“lekh va-WEN-sa”) was elected President of Poland in 1990. ■END■

ANSWER: Solidarity [or Solidarność; or Independent Self-Governing Trade Union “Solidarity”; accept NSZZ “Solidarność”]
<Michigan State A, European History> | Packet K - UCF A, Notre Dame B, Durham A, Michigan State A, Swarthmore A, Cambridge B
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (South)Main Site4100%0%73.25
CanadaMain Site1292%8%76.09
Great LakesMain Site4100%0%73.00
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site9100%0%86.11
NortheastMain Site6100%0%82.33
OverflowMain Site3100%0%70.00
SoutheastMain Site8100%13%94.75
UKMain Site6100%17%89.17
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site8100%0%72.38