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Police in anti-riot gear escorting picketers away from their position near the Orgreave Coking Plant near Rotherham, June 18, 1984
LABOUR was urged to fulfil its election pledge to “uncover the truth” about the infamous 1984 police attack on striking miners at Orgreave at the David Jones-Joe Green Memorial Lecture on Saturday.
Jones, 24 and Green, 55, were Yorkshire miners killed on picket lines during the 1984-5 miners’ strike against pit closures.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents
