WARSAW — Thirty-five years ago it was a symbol of defiance of communist oppression. Fifteen years ago it appeared to be a victim of remorseless capitalist competition.Today, the former Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk, where a rebellious electrician named Lech Walesa and his fellow workers helped give birth to the Solidarity movement, is a symbol yet again, this time of a flourishing Polish shipbuilding industry that has survived and unexpectedly thrived in a brutally competitive industry.
