Great Miners’ Strike Follow

News

Frank Doleman 1966-2023

A trailblazer with attitude

07 November 2023

Mark George, a smiling man in a pinstripe suit

News

Mark George 1952-2022—an appreciation

He fought for working people's rights

09 January 2023

Features

How those in power try to break strikes

Trade unions under attack

30 July 2022

Two police with batons grab a bleeding miner, in a still from BBC drama Sherwood

Reviews & Culture

Sherwood—can drama of the Miners’ Strike carry this cop show?

Murder against the legacy of the strike

27 June 2022

Comment

How do ideas and attitudes change?

Struggle made LGBT+ relationships widely accepted

23 May 2022

Features

Saltley Gate 1972 — how working class solidarity beat a Tory government

How rank-and-file militancy won

09 February 2022

Features

Occupy! The Clyde work-in

Fifty years ago shipbuilders in Scotland led a battle to save their jobs. Sam Ord looks at how workers fought back against a brutal Tory government

27 July 2021

Obituaries

Steve Hammill, 1951-2021

Steve was a militant rank and file Yorkshire miner, who was involved in three major strikes

23 July 2021

News

Scottish miners could be pardoned, but fight for justice continues

Hundreds of miners in Scotland who were convicted of crimes during the 1984-5 Miners’ Strike might be pardoned

28 October 2020

The Troublemaker

US state threatens to shoot anti-racists in Washington

The US state prepared to use live fire against anti‑racist protesters in Washington, a congressional inquiry has heard

21 September 2020

Letters

LETTERS: Vote Labour—and keep up the fight against austerity

The announcement of the general election is welcome news for anyone who is committed to challenging the racism and austerity we have suffered under the Tories.

05 November 2019

Reviews & Culture

Catch this Miners’ Strike play if you can

This is a play—with song and dance—about the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85, written by the daughter of a Nottinghamshire miner at Welbeck Colliery

16 February 2018

News

Thatcher government feared inquiry into truth about Miners’ Strike cops

Newly released documents from 1985 show that then home secretary Leon Brittan wanted to avoid “any form of enquiry into the behaviour of the police”.

14 March 2017

News

Protesters demand justice for Orgreave

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Home Office in London on Monday to demand justice over the Battle of Orgreave.

14 March 2017

Resist Tory lies over benefits as day of action fights against sanctions

Letters

LETTERS: Tories’ attacks on benefits make claimants more sick

The government’s claims to help Employment Support Allowance (ESA) sickness benefit claimants into work are ridiculous.

08 November 2016

News

Ex-miners demand to know – who was responsible for police attacks at Orgreave?

About 100 people poured into the Yorkshire NUM Miners’ Hall in Barnsley today, Tuesday, for an Orgreave Truth and Justice (OTJC) press conference.

01 November 2016

News

Stop this class war cover-up—miners’ fury over Orgreave

The Tories are continuing a cover-up by refusing an inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave.

01 November 2016

The battle of Orgreave and how it was lost

News

Campaigners slam Tories for ruling out Orgreave inquiry

There will be no inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave, home secretary Amber Rudd has announced.

31 October 2016

What We Think

Cops’ filth won’t wash

More former police officers have spoken out against the policing of striking miners during the 1984 Battle of Orgreave.

11 October 2016

News

Orgreave and Rotherham 12 campaigns fight against injustices and lies

Around 80 people gathered for a conference hosted by the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign in Sheffield last Saturday.

04 October 2016

News

Orgreave campaigners demand justice ahead of meeting with Tory minister

Campaigners from the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign (OTJC) and their supporters gathered outside parliament today, Tuesday, ahead of a meeting with home secretary Amber Rudd.

13 September 2016