Author: Alex Snowdon
Date: 7 October 2010
Type: Video
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The man who closed the pits and threw 30,000 miners on the dole (in October 1992) – loses his temper, whilst Ken Loach (“We should talk about the undeserving rich”) is a model of restrained, focused anger.

Well done, Ken! You spoke for millions of us.

Alex Snowdon

Alex Snowdon is a Counterfire activist in Newcastle. He is active in the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition and the National Education Union. He is the author of A Short Guide to Israeli Apartheid (2022).

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