Miners strike 1984-85

Written shortly after the end of the 1984-85 miners' strike, this letter gives some details of the international solidarity efforts carried out via the Direct Action Movement.

Class War on Labour leader Neil Kinnock and his hostile reception from striking miners in 1984.

An issue of Class War from late 1984 including: monetarism, women at work, racism, 4th Stop The City, pornography, hospitalised copper #2, Neil…

An anthology of accounts of the miners strike by people from Hatfield, South Yorkshire. Compiled by…

A self-published pamphlet by a working class community in Wales during the miners strike. Topics covered include solidarity, scabs, policing,…

Report on the nature and impact of socialist and anarchist groups during the 1984…

A further exhange in Black Flag on the "The Miners and The Left" article in Black Flag no. 114. (vol. 7, no.6C) 1984.

A further exchange of letters to Black Flag on the "The Miners and The Left" article in Black Flag no. 114. (vol. 7, no.6C) 1984.

A letter to Black Flag on the "The Miners and The Left" article in Black Flag no. 114. (vol. 7, no.6C) 1984. Includes a reply from the author.

The activities of certain of the groups of the ‘revolutionary left’ during the present miners strike raise whole questions about what is and what is not solidarity?

If it is true that a little experience is worth a lot of theory, then eighteen months in a miners' support group should teach a great deal about organising. On the basis of just such experience Mick Larkin offers his thoughts on self-organisation and some of its difficulties.

Albert Meltzer on the miners strike and its critics. Transcribed by Kate Sharpley Library.