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A civil war without guns - the 1984-85 miners’ strike
By Ken Smith
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Preface
TWENTY YEARS ago British miners were forced into strike action to defend their jobs, their communities and their way of life. The strike became a trial of strength between Thatcher’s Tory government and the miners that still reverberates throughout the workers’ movement and society.
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