A letter to Black Flag on the "The Miners and The Left" article in Black Flag no. 114. (vol. 7, no.6C) 1984. Includes a reply from the author.
Dave Roper says going on strike in 1984 was a last resort Forty years on, a former coal miner on the front line in the 1984-85 miners' strike reveals the painful choice he had to make when he lost ...
Tomorrow, Tuesday November 25, the Marx Memorial Library continues its series of discussions on the lessons of the miners’ strike with John Sheppard, a striking Armthorpe miner Last week Seumas Milne, ...
For those like her who were part of the 1984-85 miners' strike, ongoing industrial disputes have provided an opportunity to revisit that period. A miner's wife at the time, Ms James was part of ...
Twenty-five years ago, the benefit shows that happened across South Wales saw hundreds of artists and bands step up and support the miners ... course of the strike in '84-'85.
Recently, the people who went to Stonehenge gotta taste of what the miners saw daily in ’84. If there was one lesson learnt during the strike it was that if we really want to change this world, then ...
The Museum is currently marking the 40th anniversary of the miners’ strike, with its latest exhibition 84/85: The Longest Year. The exhibition considers the strike through memories and stories ...
Martin was a student in Aberystwyth in 1984/85 ... Miners' to the tune of Live Aid's 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' which was, of course, number one at that time. I also wrote a poem about the strike.
It has been four decades since the beginning of the 1984-1985 Miners’ Strike, which only lasted one year but made a significant impact for decades to come. The strikes were held by the National Union ...
LONDON (AP) — Scottish industrialist Sir Ian MacGregor, who helped crush a year-long coal miners’ strike and break the power of Britain’s unions in the mid-1980s, has died. He was 85. The former ...
The Landmark Collective, a team of award winning artists, have been researching and discussing the 1984-85 Miners’ Strike ...