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The struggle for Orgreave justice goes on
The infamous Battle of Orgreave happened 32 years ago. JOE ROLLIN explains why it still matters today and encourages readers and activists to join the fight for the truth
The new Prime Minister must abandon decades of automatic support for US foreign policy, which makes us all less safe, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
Claims that Nicaragua has abolished elections followed a headline that stripped Daniel Ortega’s remarks of their historical and political context. The full speech tells a different story, says BECCA RENK FOSTER
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MAT COWARD introduces some of the electoral oddballs of the political fringe who remain one of the liveliest features of British democracy, despite efforts to abolish them
by Weyman Bennett and Maz’s family
THE Orgreave coking plant stood on the outskirts of Sheffield, just eight miles from Hillsborough stadium, scene of the Hillsborough disaster on April 15 1989, in which 96 Liverpool supporters were, as the jury at the recent inquests determined, unlawfully killed.
The year-long miners’ strike against pit closures started in March 1984, just five years before the Hillsborough disaster and subsequent cover-up.
Some of the same senior police officers and lawyers were involved in the Battle of Orgreave.
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