Dimly remembered in the United States, the strike by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1984–85 was a pivotal ordeal in Britain. This updated edition offers an incredible range of materials against forgetting the visual culture from the National Union of Mineworkers strike.
Exhibition review: Miners' strike - The power of photography socialistparty.org.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from socialistparty.org.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 1984-5 miners’ strike is a moment ripe with lessons and with stories that are devastating and inspiring in equal measure. Among them is the incredible story of the coalfield women. The women’s support movement whirred into action only a few short weeks after the strike began on 6 March 1984. Support groups were set up in every coalfield by local women, predominantly the wives, sisters and daughters of miners. They would keep the strike going for 12 long months. Class
Miners' Strike 40th Anniversary Photography and the Miners' Strike morningstaronline.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from morningstaronline.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Four decades after the brutal industrial dispute, a new exhibition looks back at the photography that came to symbolise the British state’s abuse of power