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What Jacobin did not acknowledge is that Solidarity was in fact largely a vehicle for a CIA covert regime-change operation. Ronald Reagan proudly referred to Solidarity as an anti-communist «weapon,» and it was a key instrument in the successful US operation to eradicate socialism in Eastern Europe. (bennorton.com)