38 Years After Orgreave, Protest Is Still Under Attack
On this day in 1984, striking miners were attacked by a paramilitary police operation at Orgreave. They faced no accountability – and almost four decades later, little has changed.
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Chris Peace is a member of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign.
On this day in 1984, striking miners were attacked by a paramilitary police operation at Orgreave. They faced no accountability – and almost four decades later, little has changed.
Five years ago today, the government ruled out a public inquiry into the violence directed at miners in Orgreave – it was just the latest coverup by an establishment that is afraid of the truth.
On this day in 1984, a paramilitary police operation attacked striking miners at the Orgreave coking plant. It was a crime against the working class – and 37 years later, those injured have yet to see justice.
On this day in 1984, a paramilitary police operation set out to smash the miners – and send a lesson to working-class people across Britain that meaningful strike action would not be tolerated.
The ‘Sheffield Needs a Payrise’ (SNAP) campaign is organising workers to fight back against low pay – and offering an alternative to the dismal working conditions that plague post-industrial Britain.
The ‘Battle of Orgreave’ was an organised and violent attack on Britain’s working-class. Any democratic society worth its name would demand to know why it happened.