Lech Wałęsa plans to visit Occupy Wall Street

The New York Daily News reported (h/t Phoenix Woman) that Lech Wałęsa intends to travel to New York City in order to meet with the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Wałęsa — an electrician, trade unionist, leader of the now iconic Solidarność, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of Poland — supports the Occupy Wall Street movement and will show his support by traveling to meet with the protesters. According to the Daily News, Mathew Blair, an organizer with Occupy Wall Street, invited Wałęsa to come to America and to Liberty Plaza.

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