In the coming months there will be increasing tension between the economic needs of trade union members and the austerity strategy of the new Labour
Category: Trade Union
Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 21-24 Update
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,
Editorial: labour movement must respond to pogroms by the far right
It is the fundamental responsibility of the organised workers’ movement to respond to the attacks by the far right on asylum seekers and Asian communities,
Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 16-20 Update
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,
Arthur Scargill: documents show Thatcher agreed to settlement in October 1984
Continuing our occasional series on the great miners’ strike of 1984-85, we reproduce here a speech by the then NUM President, Arthur Scargill, which he
By Richard Mellor in California This is from a Facebook post by Brian Tierney “I’d like to clarify that I agree with Sean O’Brien and
Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners – Solidarity Forever!
By Ray Goodspeed, original LGSM member 1984-85 and Left Horizons supporter During this 40th anniversary year of the of the great miners’ strike of 1984-85,
By Steve McKenzie (Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley Unite Community) At last, after fourteen years of chaos and neglect, the Tories have been kicked out of
Liverpool dockers’ solidarity with pro-Palestine students
By Liverpool docker. Liverpool University students, along with thousands of others around the country, have joined in the global protests against the genocidal assault on
Miners’ Strike 1984-5 – Weeks 12-15 Update
Throughout this 40th anniversary year of the miners’ strike, Left Horizons will publish regular bulletins on features and developments that occurred during the strike, month
