Title: Striking back, photographs of the Great Miner's Strike 1984-1985
Photographer(s): Stefano Cagnoni, John Harris, Keith Pattison, Martin Shakeshaft, John Sturrok, Andrew Wiard
Writer(s): Mike Simons
Designer(s): John-Henry Barac
Publisher(s): Bookmarks Publication, London, England
Year: 2004
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Language(s): English
Pages: 80
Size: 21 x 21 cm
Binding: Softcover
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Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: England,1984-1985
ISBN: 9781898876519
The 1984-85 miners’ strike was the longest, most bitter national strike in British working class history.For 12 months miners fought an unprecedented battle to defend their jobs and communities against the full might of the government and ruling class.
The government provoked the strike then prosecuted it like a civil war. Almost 10,000 miners were arrested during the strike.
The Tories turned welfare and social services agencies into weapons, denying miners and their families benefits in a bid to starve them back to work.
The miners’ heroism inspired millions. But a political battle about why the miners went down to defeat has raged in the 30 years since the strike ended.
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