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Orgreave: never forget, never forgive
Today is the 36th anniversary of the notorious police attack on striking miners at Orgreave in South Yorkshire on June 18, 1984. The miners' campaign for justice continues, writes CHRIS HOCKNEY, chair of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign
Police snatch a picketing miner, Orgreave coking plant June 1984
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EVERY year in June, the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign holds a wonderful, vibrant commemorative rally at Orgreave, on the site where police rioted on June 18, 1984, viciously beating miners who were taking part in a mass picket at the Orgreave coking plant in South Yorkshire, during the miners’ strike to defend jobs and communities.
We meet and campaign to seek truth and justice for the miners, their families and communities, showing solidarity and friendship in a magnificent gathering of comradeship, with speeches, music, noise, banners, flags, placards and colour.
This year, because of the pandemic, the event is being held online on our Facebook page, at 1pm this Saturday (June 20).
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