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An miner pounds the roof of a car at the gates of Bilston Colliery near Edinburgh in 1984. Clashes erupted at Scotland's biggest pit over the national strike call
SCOTTISH miners involved in the 1984-5 strike must speak out about their experiences of policing, a lawyer carrying out an independent review has said.
John Scott QC was appointed by the government to examine the effect of policing during the miners’ strike in Scotland, following a long campaign by former colliery workers and their families.
The strike saw violent clashes between police and miners, and Margaret Thatcher’s government has been accused of interfering with police operations in an effort to crush the National Union of Mineworkers.
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
On the 40th anniversary of the Wapping dispute, this Morning Star special supplement traces the long-planned conspiracy that led to the mass sackings of printworkers in 1986 – a struggle whose unresolved injustices still demand redress today, writes ANN FIELD
