#minersstrike — Public Fediverse posts

This is a delightful movie about the whole Working Class/LGBTQIA intersectionality thing that the Epstein Class hate.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/

#Pride #Cinema #Movies #LGBTQIA #MinersStrike #Intersectionality

@Geri
I'm still cross about it. I'd add to the mix that NSea oil revenues could have helped a transition from coal by retraining and resettling miners and seeding new industry rather than just doing the Thatcher abandonment of communities previously reliant on coal mining.
#neoliberalism #history #MinersStrike #economics #inequality

Und schließlich noch ein Blick in die Geschichte: Der britische #MinersStrike stand für die große Niederlage im letzten Gefecht der Arbeiter*innenklasse. 40 Jahre später wissen wir: Das letzte Gefecht war er nicht – aber was dann? (Von 2024)

https://www.akweb.de/bewegung/das-glimmen-der-geschichte-vor-40-jahren-endete-der-britsche-miners-strike-mit-einer-niederlage/

Miner's Strike 40th Anniversary stained glass window at Kincardine Library, Fife. Made by Local community and Keira Mclean. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #minersstrike #miners

This week's podcast comes from the the #ssp annual Jim McVicar memorial lecture, this year marking 40 years since the #MinersStrike strike.
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts https://scottishindypod.scot/scottish-society/miners-strike-40-years-on/

In the blunted night of the coal shed,
without a torch, my fingers dig
among the coal for the coal.
Hear it scutter into the bucket…

—Brian McCabe, “Coal”
published in BODY PARTS, @canongatebooks 1999

The 1984–85 UK miners’ strike was officially called off 40 years ago #OTD, 3 March, 1985. It remains the longest-running strike in British history without a positive outcome.

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/coal/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #mining #coalmining #minersstrike #workingclasshistory

The Orgreave Stations
6 Feb, Glasgow – free (booking required)

To mark the 40th anniversary of the 1984/5 Miner’s Strike, poet William Hershaw & artist Les McConnell have used the Christian framework of “the Stations of the Cross” as an imaginative foundation to describe events leading up to the Battle of Orgreave.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-orgreave-stations-tickets-1203046437279

#Scottish #literature #poetry #mining #coalmining #minersstrike #labourhistory #workingclasshistory

https://isj.org.uk/interview-it-was-absolutely-liberating/

#ISJ #InternationalSocialism

interview: 'It was absolutely liberating!'' Remembering the 1984-5 #MinersStrike

Here is the book I referred to.
It's a great account, full of detailed descriptions of events and protagonists with astute political analysis. Resolutely socialist and pro-NUM, but not uncritical.
It explodes some popular myths, e.g. that the strike wasn't decided democratically, that it was Scargill's decision to strike, etc.
#MinersStrike

Poetry from the Mine (& elsewhere)
2 Oct, Byre Theatre, St Andrews – free but ticketed

To mark the beginning of the University of St Andrews School of Modern Languages Festival of Languages & the 40th anniversary of the 1984–1985 miners’ strike, Gavin Bowd & Paul Malgrati present the work of 3 miner-writers: Joe Corrie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Constant Malva 🇧🇪, & Jules Mousseron 🇫🇷

#Scottish #literature #poetry #miner #minersstrike

https://byretheatre.com/shows/poetry-from-the-mine-and-elsewhere/

Social solidarity and communal action during the Miners’ Strike  | David Miller

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/social-solidarity-and-communal-action-during-the-miners-strike/?feed_id=1864&_unique_id=6671cc199cfaf #MinersStrike
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/social-solidarity-and-communal-action-during-the-miners-strike/?feed_id=1864&_unique_id=6671cc199cfaf

On the 40th anniversary of the Battle of Orgreave we take a look at Sheffield DocFest Audience Award winner Strike: An Uncivil War https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/strike-an-uncivil-war-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #Sheffdocfest #Orgreave #MinersStrike #film #documentary #cinema #movies

In memory of Nicola: recalling the devastating tactics used to break the miners’ strike | Louise Houghton

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/in-memory-of-nicola-recalling-the-devastating-tactics-used-to-break-the-miners-strike/?feed_id=1839&_unique_id=6671939d0e383 #MinersStrike #Orgreave40
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/in-memory-of-nicola-recalling-the-devastating-tactics-used-to-break-the-miners-strike/?feed_id=1839&_unique_id=6671939d0e383

The miners’ strike at 40: Looking back at the industrial dispute that broke Britain | Alex Mair

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/the-miners-strike-at-40-looking-back-at-the-industrial-dispute-that-broke-britain/?feed_id=1834&_unique_id=667173468930d #MinersStrike #Orgreave40
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/the-miners-strike-at-40-looking-back-at-the-industrial-dispute-that-broke-britain/?feed_id=1834&_unique_id=667173468930d

18th June 1984: The Battle of Orgreave | While this account of the Battle of Orgreave is fictitious, those who were there will know and remember, that the details are 100% accurate | Jonathan Trigell

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/18th-june-1984-the-battle-of-orgreave/?feed_id=1829&_unique_id=6671597bcb037 #MinersStrike #Orgreave
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/18th-june-1984-the-battle-of-orgreave/?feed_id=1829&_unique_id=6671597bcb037

#MinersStrike is updated setting for satirical #opera - Eastbourne date
#Lewes-based #NewSussexOpera is performing a rarely-seen gem of baroque opera this spring, promising to bring a smile to audiences’ faces.

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/miners-strike-is-updated-setting-for-satirical-opera-eastbourne-date-4597023

Nottinghamshire May Day weekend event - March & rally, Saturday, May 4th. Assemble new Nottingham library 11am, March to 12.30 rally in old market square. #SaveOurServices ! solidarity with the populations of #Gaza and #Ukraine under bombardment, remember the #MinersStrike on its’ 40th anniversary.

Embankment Films Behind Features On Miners Strike & Drug That May Treat Dwarfism
#News #Dwarfism #EmbankmentFilms #ITV #MinersStrike #RainmakerContent

https://deadline.com/2024/03/embankment-films-miners-strike-dwarfism-1235869578/

'#Cricket’s links to the #pits endure along with memories of the #MinersStrike

#HaroldLarwood and #BillVoce escaped the pits by playing cricket at time when miners formed the backbone of the game.'
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar/20/cricket-coal-mining-strike-history

The crushing defeat of the miners’ strike of 1984-85 has enduring economic and societal consequences and a public inquiry is sorely needed | Alex Mair

#MinersStrike
https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/the-miners-strike-at-40-looking-back-at-the-industrial-dispute-that-broke-britain/?feed_id=2041&_unique_id=65fa912f1bf87

Hatfield Colliery stands with Palestinian workers and against genocide on the 40th anniversary of the start of the 1984/5 Miner's Strike #Gaza #MinersStrike #Solidarity

Banner at Miners' Strike commemoration, Hatfield, Yorkshire.

Pic from Graham Penn

#MinersStrike #SocialistSunday #ToryRule #Fife #socialism #Industry

That feeling when you're shocked but not surprised: #NoSeparationOfPowers during #MinersStrike (and #PriceWaterhouseCoopers presumably trousered a bob or two ( https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/07/mi5-miners-strike-national-archives-security-service-government?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

40 years since the Miners' Strike and Thatcher's Conservative government waged war on whole communities. The effects are still with us today.

#MinersStrike #Thatcher #ToryRule #poverty

#OnThisDay in 1984, the #MinersStrike began. On its 20th anniversary in 2014, David Metz asked how close the miners came to victory.

🔓 This article from the Archive is still free to read at https://buff.ly/3uEYPP0