Recollections of the Miners’ Strike
https://labouroutlook.org/2025/05/10/book-review-recollections-of-the-miners-strike/
#num, #MinersStrike

Recollections of the Miners’ Strike
https://labouroutlook.org/2025/05/10/book-review-recollections-of-the-miners-strike/
#num, #MinersStrike
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)
Miner's Strike 40th Anniversary stained glass window at Kincardine Library, Fife. Made by Local community and Keira Mclean. #stainedglass #glasgow #scotland #minersstrike #miners
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.