Asturias miners' strike photo gallery, 2012

After the government announced cuts to subsidies for Asturias' coal mines, thousands of miners have begun strikes and militant direct action in a bid to save their communities.

"If our children go hungry, yours will shed blood"

Asturias miners' strike: Letter from a miner

A translation of a letter from a retired miner from Asturias, where miners have been on indefinite strike for weeks, explaining the dispute and…

Drumheller strikers, 1919

Drumheller coal mining strike of 1919

A short history of a strike by coal miners organised in the syndicalist One Big Union in Alberta which was repressed by bosses and the state.

Arthur Cook addresses a crowd of strikers

1926: British general strike

A short history of Britain’s only ever general strike which lasted 10 days and was called in support of locked-out coal miners.

Coal mines ignite in Asturias (with updates)

Coal miners in the historically militant Asturias region of Spain have been fighting a bitter struggle for survival. Please see the comments…