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Justice will be done for the victims of the police riot at Orgreave
Hundreds of campaigners and trade unionists will march in Yorkshire today in support of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign. Campaign secretary Kate Flannery reports

THIS year we commemorate the 35th anniversary of Orgreave, the most violent assault by police on workers during an industrial dispute.

The Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC) continue to reaffirm our commitment to the fight for truth and justice.

Our vibrant, high profile and easily recognisable campaign was set up in 2012 to press for a public inquiry into the policing of miners picketing the Orgreave coking plant on June 18 1984, during the miners’ strike.

The media frenzy that followed the events at Orgreave continued to
show what the Establishment was prepared to do to create and  perpetuate a false narrative

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