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Women Against Pit Closures co-founder Anne Scargill (third left) marches alongside others including miners' leader and her then husband Arthur Scargill (right) at a national women's demonstration against pit closures in Barnsley, May 1984
THOUSANDS of courageous women involved in the miners’ strike against pit closures of 1984-85 are to be celebrated with a 40th anniversary event next March.
Women Against Pit Closures (WAPC) was formed in 1984 as it became clear to coalfield communities that the strike was going to be long and bitter.
Tens of thousands of women mobilised during the strike, not only coalfield WAPC groups, but also in non-mining communities and unions to support the miners in their epic struggle.
On the 40th anniversary of the Wapping dispute, this Morning Star special supplement traces the long-planned conspiracy that led to the mass sackings of printworkers in 1986 – a struggle whose unresolved injustices still demand redress today, writes ANN FIELD
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents
