Durham was shaped by two forces: the cathedral and the coalfield. As Redhills reopens, the city begins to confront a history that was almost erased after the miners’ strike.
#Durham, #Redhills, #DurhamMiners #minersstrike, #Durhamhistory, #minersgala
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A unique perspective on the Miners' Strike, taking an in-depth 'before and after' look at life in the South Wales Coalfield.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/mvku66cr
#wales #minersstrike #welshhistory
I always thought Pride was my favourite #minersstrike# movie but stumbled on Old Oak and hard not to be incredibly moved by the humanity
A UK #MinersStrike began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1972, and as power generation was still mostly coal at the time the government backed down on 19 Feb. and offer a 21% raise. All industries deserve a #LivingWage and workers need a pathway to future work when they become redundant.
Thinking about the Miners’ Strike through lino printmaking — mass movement, private grief, collective strength. #linocut #printmaking #minersstrike #labourhistory #politicalart solidarity reliefprint
Living room interior of a coal miner's home in mid 1980s. Family watching the news. Constable painting reproduction above fireplace, poster of Karl Marx on right and Arthur Scargill on the TV. Easington, Co Durham.
Curved suspension bridge over the River Tyne in Newcastle. Men in flat caps and overcoats silhouetted on quayside. Ships docked. 1930s.
Three suffragettes being dealt with at a police station. 1910s.
Women on the march from Scotland to London against the unemployment bill. All wear longer skirts, berets and have walking sticks. Two large banners. Inter war period.
Don't miss the Resistance photography exhibition at Modern Two, Edinburgh, on until Sun 4th Jan 26.
Covers 1903 to 2003.
#skystorians #photography #GreenhamCommon
#CableStreet #NottingHill #suffragettes #MinersStrike #IraqWar #Troubles #Black
#Edinburgh
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Santa didn't forget them - another ghost of Christmas past from Leeds Other Paper's coverage of the #MinersStrike 🎅
Join us this Sunday! IRON LADIES Shut Out The Light film about working class women who maintained the #MinersStrike Dalston Rio Cinema. Features post film Q&A with Kate Flannery #OrgreaveJustice Mike Jackson #LGSMpride Chair Diane Abbott 7th Dec 2025, 2:30pm
Tickets riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What...
Democratise the BBC. If the BBC is truly the public service broadcaster and every household has to pay a poll tax to the BBC, let the public elect members of the BBC Board.
"No taxation without representation"
@mstaronline.bsky.social #BBC #LicenceFee #PollTax #MorningStar #Letter #MinersStrike
Marking the anniversary of the Miners' Strike of 1984/5, Keith Gildart reflects on a selection of recent titles in a new Review Article: 'Which Side Are You On Boys? Revisiting the History of British Coal Miners and the Strike of 1984/5'
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#MinersStrike
Ahh. My attempt to write a poem about the #MinersStrike on its 40th anniversary last year ended in abject failure. All I finished up with was yet another poem about #teachers.
I wasn't too disheartened. I like #poetry about teachers.
OTJC ACTIVISTS MET MPs IN PARLIAMENT this week & gave a presentation to the Coalfields Labour MPs. The whole experience of the #MinersStrike exemplified in the events of 18 June 1984 was of the destruction of protected rights #OrgreaveInquiry #Truth #Justice #DefendTheRightToProtest
★★★★ IRON LADIES - Documentary salutes the staunch women who fought Thatcher's pit closures, the working-class heroines of the #MinersStrike - review by Justine Elias theartsdesk.com/film/iron-la...
'Iron Ladies' is a sensitive and respectful portrayal of women whose stories are too rarely told
🎬Baroness O’Grady reviews 'Iron Ladies' | @sotl-films.bsky.social #IronLadies #MinersStrike
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Watch the trailer for Iron Ladies below
#ironladiesdoc #inspiringwomen #activism #strike #minersstrike #cinema
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The women organising and campaigning then reminded me of the women during the #MinersStrike of 40 years ago that I was reminded of at yesterdays event in Horden.
The Long Walk”
Linocut inspired by the 1984–85 miners’ strike.
Endurance, silence, solidarity.
#MinersStrike #LinocutPrint #ProtestArt #WorkersRights #Printmaking
#History #Republicans #GeorgeBush #DickCheney #Christianfundamentalism #lobbying #SovietUnion #HelsinkiAccords #CSCE #peacefulcoexistence #Generalstrike #Belgium #abdication #KingLeopoldIII
#Britain #minersstrike #coalminers #RedFriday
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A unique perspective on the Miners' Strike, taking an in-depth 'before and after' look at life in the South Wales Coalfield.
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/mvku66cr
#wales #minersstrike #welshhistory
Night falls — and a 40-year-old injustice comes back into the spotlight. The #OrgreaveInquiry is finally here. Will the truth survive the silence?
#JusticeForOrgreave #UKHistory #VoxPolitical #MinersStrike
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As the working day ends, a 40-year battle for justice begins. The #OrgreaveInquiry is live. Truth, lies, and the abuse of power — all finally on record.
#MinersStrike #PoliceViolence #VoxPolitical #UKPolitics
voxpoliticalonline.com?p=99170
#poetry #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsonbluesky #poetryonbluesky #writingcommunity #booksky #poetrysky #PoetryOfBluesky ##PoetryCommunity #PoetsOfBluesky #Poems #MinersStrike #Orgreave #ThatchersWar #StateViolence #ClassWar #BattleOfOrgreave #OrgreaveTruthAndJustice #OrgreaveInquiry
Big news breaking: the #OrgreaveInquiry is finally underway after 40 years of silence. What really happened that day — and who ordered it?
#JusticeForOrgreave #UKNews #MinersStrike #VoxPolitical
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The #OrgreaveInquiry starts today – four decades after police violence, mass arrests, and collapsed trials. Can it finally deliver truth and justice for Britain’s coalfield communities?
#JusticeForOrgreave #MinersStrike #PoliceAccountability #VoxPolitical
voxpoliticalonline.com?p=99170
"Ministers have announced an inquiry into the violent policing at Orgreave and the collapsed prosecutions of 95 miners accused of offences there, 41 years after the infamous scenes of 18 June 1984."
#Orgreave #MinersStrike
What I saw at #Orgreave June 1984 was a police riot "organised from the top", planned years in advance. Striking miners beaten, brutalised, framed, lied about
That's what 'terrorism' is @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
#MinersStrike #orgreavejustice #FreePalestine
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