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HUNDREDS packed the historic council chamber of the Yorkshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers in Barnsley on Saturday for its annual memorial lecture.
The strength of feeling in former mining communities 40 years after the epic 1984-5 miners’ strike against pit closures revealed itself at the event to commemorate the deaths of David Jones and Joe Green: Yorkshire miners killed on the picket lines during the strike.
No-one was ever prosecuted over the deaths.
The Durham Miners’ Gala is a celebration of working-class culture, but also a call to action — to rebuild workers’ collective strength, says KIM JOHNSON MP
The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
KEVIN COURTNEY of Stand Up to Racism and JOHN PAGE of the Ella Baker School of Organising announce a joint project aiming to unite trade unions and social movements in creating new narratives to fight the divisive rhetoric of the far right