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, ...

Miners strike 1984: the beginning of a struggle that decided the future of many North East communities. The miners strike saw Margaret Thatcher and the Tory government lock horns with NUM ...

The source of energy that made the Industrial Revolution possible has been abandoned by the UK earlier than expected, making ...

During the 18-month strike, Kingsolver listened to the town’s women – white and Hispanic – many of whom were married to the miners. An injunction threatened the strikers (the overwhelming ...

Fresh calls have been made to erase the criminal records of thousands of former miners detained and "falsely charged" 40 ...

This is an unprecedented level of unity on a matter of national importance. We the small-scale miners, organised under the ...

Work is now under way on a new film project from award-winning South Yorkshire film maker Wayne Sables that will mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike and will explore Doncaster’s ...

Heritage Doncaster is working with a team of land artists who are creating three very special art installations around ...

A musical about the miners' strike of 1984/85, written by Chumbawamba's founding member Boff Whalley, will be performed in Cardigan.

Striking can be a powerful tool for workers, but it can come with risks.

County Durham miners who participated in nationwide strikes to prevent closures in 1984 have featured in a new Netflix documentary. The documentary, titled 'Strike: An Uncivil War' tells the story ...

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