Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike,
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By Andy Ford The Tory government, by an act of parliament, has deemed that the Central African state of Rwanda is ‘safe’. But the history
Review by Mike Kennard Ian Isaac, the author of When We Were Miners, comes from a family steeped in mining traditions and was the Lodge
By Greg Oxley Fifty years ago this week, April 25 1974 saw the beginning of a revolutionary movement in Portugal, initiated by army officers, but
By Hilary Barker Today, since the election the hard right candidate, Javier Milei, the working class of Argentina is facing huge attacks on their living
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Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Week seven
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on important issues and developments that occurred during the strike,
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Fifty years ago today: The Portuguese Revolution begins
By Greg Oxley Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the start of the revolution in Portugal, a process that unfolded over many months. Greg Oxley,
Review by John Pickard “It generally comes as a big surprise to people that there were women’s football matches during World War One. Not only
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The 1944 strike wave: ‘the right to strike is part of the freedoms we fight for’
By Cain O’Mahony [photo shows “Bevin Boys” – conscripted miners in Cramlington, Northumberland] Eighty years ago, there was a political storm across Britain as trade
Letter from Steve McKenzie, Unite Community member In a letter to August Bebel in 1875, Karl Marx’s close friend and collaborator, Fredrick Engels, was highly
