Here, James and others protest in 1984. (Photo courtesy of James.) In 1984, coal miners around the world felt under attack. Both in the U.S. and Great Britain, they went on strike under the watchful ...

Then the miners strike began, a dispute which devastated communities across the UK. Sian James Sian James, who was portrayed in the 2014 film Pride, was one of many women who joined miners' strike ...

The year-long miners' strike from March 1984 to 1985 changed the face of Welsh industry and many of its closest-knit working communities. Wales' largest employment sector was in a desperate battle ...

Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has claimed that a fear of being scapegoated by Arthur Scargill if miners lost their heroic 1984-85 strike was behind his startling inaction during the walkout. Mr ...

A letter to Black Flag on the "The Miners and The Left" article in Black Flag no. 114. (vol. 7, no.6C) 1984. Includes a reply from the author.

Tomorrow, Tuesday November 25, the Marx Memorial Library continues its series of discussions on the lessons of the miners’ strike with John Sheppard, a striking Armthorpe miner Last week Seumas Milne, ...

It has been four decades since the beginning of the 1984-1985 Miners’ Strike, which only lasted one year but made a significant impact for decades to come. The strikes were held by the National Union ...

The year-long miners' strike, that started in March 1984, dominated the news for 12 months. It's been described as 'a site of contested memories' and it still evokes strong feelings in those who ...

In 1984 the miners' strike threw coal-mining areas across the UK into industrial chaos and social upheaval. It contributed to a shift in the political landscape and, according to Billy Bragg ...

In 1984, thousands of workers in the area's mines were in their ninth month of the bitter Miners' Strike in a desperate bid to prevent the closure of pits across the country. The National Union of ...