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J. W. Iwanowski /USA.John Iwanowski/ born March 1961 Lidzbark Warminski Poland.

In 1978 as the young man  he moved to Gdansk Poland and start his first work at Lenin Shipyard Gdansk /Stocznia imienia W. Lenina/ where he started his opposition activity and resistance against Poland Communist Regime. J. W. Iwanowski was involved with Movement for Defense of Human and Civic Rights (Polish: Ruch Obrony Praw Człowieka i Obywatela, ROPCiO) was a right-wing political and social organization formed in People's Republic of Poland in March 1977. It tried to resist the regime by denouncing it for violating Polish and international laws including the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. ROPCIO movement later broke down onto the Confederation of Independent Poland, Movement of Young Poland and Movement of Free Democrats. 1979 he joined Confederation of Independent Poland (KPN, Polish: Konfederacja Polski Niepodległej Polish nationalist political party founded on 1 September 1979 by Leszek Moczulski and others . KPN was the first independent political party that was publicly proclaimed in the Eastern Bloc, it was however unrecognized by the People's Republic of Poland government and its chief activists were arrested several times. One year later Jan W. Iwanowski took active  part in the organization of the strike at the Lenin Shipyard which then gave birth to Solidarity (Polish trade union)    Gdańsk Agreement  the first non-communist trade union in the Eastern Bloc. Solidarity  movement was  lead by  Lech Wałęsa   labour activist.  co-founded and headed Solidarity (Solidarność), the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union,  Lech Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. During 1980 1984 Jan.W. Iwanowski was a member of various organizations like /KPN/ Confederation of Independent Poland, /Ruch Mlodej Polski/ Movement of Young Poland. Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoner In 1982 after the declaration of martial law/ martial law in Poland/. by the Polish communist authorities Jan W. Iwanowski was arrested by Polish secret police  /SB/ and by verdict of a Military Special Court / Sad Marynarki Wojennej w Gdyni / he was sentenced to imprisonment and deprivation of public rights and held in prisons as a political prisoner. Jan. W. Iwanowski was forced together with his family to leave Poland without the right to return. In February 1984  Ronald Reagan  40th President of the United States   Ronald Reagan issued political asylum for J.W. Iwanowski and his family. In 2001 Jan and his wife accepted US Citizenship