General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
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Orgreave: the 40-year struggle for the truth
Miners battered by the police in 1984 still await justice as Labour pledges to launch a probe — but will any new inquiry pry loose the BBC’s buried footage and expose the Tory lies that framed innocents, asks CHRIS PEACE
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TODAY activists from across the country will gather in Sheffield city centre to rally and march for long overdue justice. Less than five miles away from the sounds of the brass bands and the colour of the banners, the previous site of the Orgreave coking plant bears no resemblance to the land on which blood was spilt as a result of the state-ordered police violence that took place there on June 18 1984 during the 1984-85 miners’ strike.
Forty years on from what was possibly the most sustained and violent attack on striking workers in Britain engineered in private by a government in recent history, are we in sight of an Orgreave inquiry?
The publication of the Labour Party manifesto earlier this week includes the declaration that a Labour government, if elected on July 4, will ensure, through an investigation or inquiry, that the truth about the events of Orgreave comes to light.
The Labour Party first committed to some kind of inquiry in its 2017 manifesto. Our campaign is pleased that once again the Labour manifesto goes to the electorate with this commitment.
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