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WOMEN who fought to save Britain’s coalmining industry in 1984-5 reunited in celebration in Durham on Saturday.
Activists with the Women Against Pit Closures movement gathered in the city, which was at the heart of the Durham coalfield, ahead of the 40th anniversary of the start of the miners’ strike against pit closures this week.
They marched proudly, many carrying their original banners from the strike, from Durham Cathedral to a celebration held at Durham Students’ Union.
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
MOLLIE BROWN reports on this year’s festival in honour of the ‘seven men of Jarrow’ deported to Australia for union activity 193 years ago