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It was led by Arthur Scargill of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) against the National Coal Board (NCB), a government agency. Opposition to the strike was led by the Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who wanted to reduce the power of the trade unions.

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A look through some amazing images from the British miner's strike of the mid 80's.

The year-long strike involved hardship and violence as pit communities from South Wales to Scotland fought to retain their local collieries - for many the only source of employment. The catalyst for the strike was the announcement by the National Coal Board (NCB) on 6th March 1984 that it intended to cut national capacity by 4 million tonnes and close 20 pits with the loss of 20,000 jobs. Cortonwood Colliery in South Yorkshire was to close imminently.

Alex Callinicos & Mike Simons. Mike Simons reported on the 1984–5 miners’ strike as a journalist for Socialist Worker

Alex Callinicos & Mike Simons. Special double issue of International Socialism 2 : 27/28, 1985. Transcribed by Marven James Scott. The book follows the general analysis of the strike developed by the Socialist Workers Party: any errors of fact or of judgement are, however, our own. Alex Callinicos Mike Simons 12 March 1985. Alex Callinicos is a member of the Socialist Workers Party. Mike Simons reported on the 1984–5 miners’ strike as a journalist for Socialist Worker. He is a member of the Socialist Workers Party and the author of Workers’ power, not nuclear power.

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The miners strike of 1984-85 will always be remembered in British working class history as the most significant turning point in the power relationship between the working class organisations of the trade unions, and the state representing the interests of the privileged minority in the late.

The miners strike of 1984-85 will always be remembered in British working class history as the most significant turning point in the power relationship between the working class organisations of the trade unions, and the state representing the interests of the privileged minority in the late twentieth century. The losses endured by the working class and their organisations as a whole with the defeat of the miners are still to this day attempting to be rebuilt, as are the shattered communities of the ex-pit towns.

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