Outside Solidarity's headquarters in the centre of Gdansk, a short distance from the world's most famous shipyard, some 40 flags bearing the trade union's emblem flap proudly in the breeze. Inside, the lobby kiosk still does a reasonable trade in Solidarity clocks, T-shirts and computer mouse pads. But the mood of the building's occupants is sombre these days. Twenty years ago the heroic workers of the Lenin Shipyard, led by Lech Walesa (who later became president), were at the forefront of the fight against communism. Now the movement they created is in the political wilderness.
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