When Lech Walesa, half peasant, half worker, led the strike in the Gdansk shipyards in Poland in 1980, ten million people joined him. This breach finally led to the first peaceful overthrow of a communist regime in 1989.
North Korea, late 1980s. The communist authorities hold enormous parades celebrating the 40th anniversary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea and worshipping its leader, Kim Ir Sen. But all this splendor, pomp and incredible lavishness is also to eclipse sports olympics taking part in South Korea.