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Alone among Britain's national daily media, the Morning Star stood shoulder to shoulder with the mineworkers' union in their 1984-5 struggle to defend their pits, jobs and communities.
Even the newspapers nominally opposed to Margaret Thatcher's brutal and divisive Tory government could not countenance backing the nationwide NUM strike.
Miners and their families were fed a diet of crocodile tears amid a concerted offensive against their leadership, especially president Arthur Scargill.
The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents