Schlagwort: Miners Strike
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History – Militant and the CWI
Could you sum up the history, firstly, of Militant and, secondly, of the CWI? What were the major landmarks? Militant did not drop from the sky. We trace our antecedents back to the Revolutionary Communist Party in Britain and, of course, to Trotsky’s International Left Opposition. My generation joined in the early 1960s, others later.…
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Lynn Walsh: Police-state strategy used against miners
[Militant No. 695, 13th April 1984 p. 7] By Lynn Walsh Up to 8,000 police a day from forty-one out of Britain’s forty-three authorities have been mobilised by the Tory government in the biggest strike-breaking operation since the 1926 general strike. Going far beyond any previous post-war government, Thatcher is deploying the police, para-military fashion,…
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Lynn Walsh: Benn exposes new police riot manual
[Militant No. 760, 2nd August 1985, p. 7] Lynn Walsh Military-style manoeuvres, including with batons and offensive horses charges into crowds, are now a well established part of regular police training. This is confirmed by pages from a new Training Manual which came to light during the recent Sheffield trial of striking miners facing riot…