Black Flag vol 07 #123 (1984)
An issue of Black Flag magazine from 10th December 1984. Including: Miners' Strike, UK and international news, Birminghm Stop The City organisers harassed by cops, student protests against cuts aggravate London cops, Ulster Freedom Fighters and the SAS, The Murrays and legal support, Black Flag vs Freedom again, leaked document - Civil Disorder Holding Centres Exposed: an 11 acre site adjacent to the River Thames.
Green Syndicalism in the Arctic
Inspirational action showing the power of Indigenous land defense and how solidarity can be manifest in significant ways in contexts where companies are working to sow divisions between resource workers and Indigenous communities. A powerful response to those who claim that the interests of resource workers will leave them somehow fundamentally opposed to Indigenous land struggles.
Bolivia’s 18th of Brumaire
Analysis of the 2019 coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia, placing it in the longer historical context of Morales' political career as well as the more recent events preceding the coup.
Five Theses on the Class Struggle - by Anton Pannekoek
Anton Pannekoek's classic manifesto against state socialism (democratic or otherwise) and for council communism, an industrial society governed by a democracy of workers' councils
Striking Stuff - Jean A. Gittins
Submitted by R Totale on May 1 2020 18:56
A collection of poems that were written by a member of Yorkshire Women Against Pit Closures during the 1984-85 miners' strike and read at fundraising benefits around the coalfield. Taken from the 1 in 12 Publications archive.
Coal not Dole - The Miners Videotape Project
Videos made by the NUM to counteract the government narrative of the strike. Contains many interviews from rank and file members and supporters from around the UK.
Jenny Tells Her Tale: Stories From the Yorkshire Miners
Submitted by R Totale on Jul 30 2019 18:49
Memories of the 1984-5 miners' strike from Jenny Dennis, who was married to a Kiveton Park miner. Covering a range of subjects including the links the strike made with autonomous movements across Europe.
Content note: this text mentions sexual abuse and state violence, and contains some language that would now be considered dated.
E13: Women in the miners’ strike
Episode about the crucial role played by women in the great miners strike in Britain, 1984-5, in conversation with Heather Wood, chair of the Easington women’s strike support group.
1960- Japan's Coal Miners Strike
Submitted by Reddebrek on Aug 27 2018 01:20
A history of Japan podcast about the massive coalminers strike in Miike on the island of Kyushu in 1960, and its impact on the Japanese economy, Japanese unions and the Japanese left.
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