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means the unity and mutual support shared by a group of people who stand together around a common cause, interest, or sense of belonging
from From the French solidarité, which grew out of the legal term solidaire — describing a debt or obligation shared jointly, where each person is liable for the whole. That traces back to the Latin solidus, 'solid, whole, complete' (the same root behind 'solid' and even the Roman gold coin, the solidus). So buried in the word is a striking idea: that a group can be bound together as completely as one unbroken thing — what's owed by one is owed by all.
- latin root
- from solidus, meaning whole and undivided
- polish wave
- a union toppled communism without firing a shot
- general strike
- one walkout can freeze an entire economy
- clenched fist
- its raised salute crosses every language and border
polish solidarity movement — 10 million members in 1980s poland defying communist rule under lech wałęsa
miners strike 1984-85 — british num members standing together against thatcher's pit closures for 362 days