The Durham Miners' Gala 2012, organised by the Durham Miners' Association, attracted tens of thousands of people to Britain's biggest annual working class festival. A range of people told Counterfire why it was important to them - including a striking Spanish miner and PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka.
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In the parks, halls and public spaces around Kings Cross
With:
David Harvey, Tariq Ali, Tony Benn, Owen Jones, Nina Power, Sanum Ghafoor, Andrew Murray, Laurie Penny, Lindsey German, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Paul Le Blanc, Terry Eagleton, Paul Gilroy and more...

By Lindsey German

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