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Tens of thousands of people cheered calls for a general strike at the historic Durham Miners’ Gala on Saturday.
The gala — the 130th to be staged by the Durham Miners’ Association — was attended by an estimated 150,000 people who flocked to the city to see the traditional parade of more than 80 miners’ union banners and dozens of others.
The gala, known as the Big Meeting, has become a focal point for the labour and trade union movement in Britain and beyond.
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
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP
The Big Meeting isn’t simply nostalgia, it’s a happy day and a day to show resistance. HEATHER WOOD explains why