Schlagwort: Miners Strike
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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…