The Great Strike: the miners' strike of 1984-5 and its lessons
Callinicos, Alex ; Simons, Mike
Socialist Worker Publication - London
1985
256 p.
strike ; lockout ; miner ; coal mining ; trade union ; government attitude ; plant shutdown
Labour disputes
English
Bibliogr.;Photos
0-905998-50-2
13.06.6-68066
"The Great Miners' Strike of 1984-5 was a struggle of epic proportions. The Tory government of margaret Thatcher mobilised all the forces of the state to crush the national Union of Mineworkers. Villages were invaded and occupied by paramilitary riot police. The welfare state was used to starve miners back to work. ..."
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