Radical America #19.02-3: The British miners strike 1984-85

Constituent articles:

- Introduction
- Police and thieves: The British miners' strike of 1984-85 (Field, John)
- The battle for Britain: Four contrasts in the Miners' Strike (Sutcliffe, Bob)
- We danced in the miners' hall: An interview with "Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners" (Goldsmith, Larry Flynn, Brian Sutcliffe, Bob)
- "We always sang those wonderful songs": Sophie Cohen, Joe Murphy and the I.W.W. (Georgakas, Dan Bird, Stewart Shaffer, Deborah)
- Good reading
- La dolce vitae: The working class in the Academy (Hoffman, Nancy)
- Letters

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