solidarity

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The opening of the Rosa Luxemburg office in Tel Aviv can provide an opportunity to express our protest at the lack of solidarity from the German Left and represent the first step in establishing a direct and honest dialogue with left-wing forces in Germany.

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  1. noun A union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; fellowship of responsibilities and interests: "A downtrodden class ... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity” (H.G. Wells).

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  • Italy can't accept aid "I thank foreign countries for their solidarity, but we ask them not to send us aid," he said. —  iac world news feed
  • "We thank foreign nations for their solidarity, but we invite them not to send us their aid," Berlusconi said at a news conference in Abruzzo's regional capital, L'Aquila. —  The Earth Times Online Newspaper
  • "I thank foreign countries for their solidarity, but we ask them not to send us aid," he said. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's marches could be an occasion of joy and solidarity, and the impact of the Protest Movement was extraordinary. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • Dylan's Lincoln nod cleverly introduces the idea of solidarity, or-given the war in Vietnam and the struggle for civil rights-working together so that we all may live. —  Independent Weekly: All Recent Stories
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  1. French solidarité, from solidaire, interdependent, from Old French, in common, from Latin solidus, solid, whole; see solid.

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  1. from French solidarité (= Spanish solidaridad = Portuguese solidariedade), joint liability, mutual responsibility, from solidaire, solid: see solidary.
 

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