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KEITH STODDART introduces a meeting that will remember the most notorious incident of the strike that changed Britain forever

TONIGHT Unite’s Glasgow offices are hosting an event as part of Glasgow’s Trades Council May Day programme recalling stories of the past to present to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the miners’ strike 1984-85.
It’ll be held under the banner Orgreave Truth and Justice and Unite for a Workers’ Economy — fight like we did.
Why is a meeting being held in Glasgow about an event during the strike that’s 300 miles away when we’ve plenty of stories to tell from closer to home?
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