Counterfire
log in
Home
Join
About
Conferences
Groups
Constitution
Contact
Sitemap
News
Events
Features
Analysis
Opinion
History
Book Reviews
Book extracts
Video
Paper
Podcast
Theory
Authors
In order to provide you with the best online experience this website uses cookies.
By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies.
I agree
Miners Strike
Miners Strike
Arise: Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence - book review
Jane Holgate’s
Arise
raises important questions about trade-union organising strategy, but rank-and-file activity and political context are key, argues Graham Kirkwood
1972: When workers turned the lights out
On the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Saltley Gate, John Westmoreland recounts the tremendous events of 1972, when rank-and-file militancy and widespread solidarity struck a huge blow to the ruling class
The Battle of Saltley Gate: 'It was sheer, massive solidarity' - video
To commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the Battle of Saltley Gate, Unjum Mirza spoke to Granville Williams who was there about a pivotal moment in the 1972 miners' strike
The 1972 miners’ strike: a rank-and-file strike
An excerpt from Tony Cliff's
Patterns of Mass Strike
which describes the impact of the 1972 miners’ strike and the background to a wave of rank-and-file militancy and solidarity from across the working class
Nothing to Lose but Our Chains: Work and Resistance in Twenty-First-Century Britain - book review
Nothing to Lose but Our Chains
is a historically informed and wide-ranging discussion of work and resistance in the present day, finds Lindsey German
Pissing on the Red Wall – a miner speaks
Following on from Johnson’s provocation about Thatcher and the miners, John Westmoreland speaks to a Yorkshire miner who fought the pit-closure programme
Reading the Labour Party: book recommendations by and for socialists
How can we explain what has happened in the Labour Party? We asked eight Counterfire authors to tell us about the books that have helped them to understand what the Labour Party is and how socialists should engage with it
Thatcher, the miners and why you should never believe a Tory promise
Just like his idol Margaret Thatcher, Boris Johnson is lying through his teeth, argues John Westmoreland
The dawn of Thatcherism, 40 years on
When economic liberalism fused with social conservatism: Tom Whittaker looks at the origins, impacts and legacy of Thatcher's politics, four decades on
Justice Denied: Friends, Foes and the Miners' Strike - book review
The Miners’ Strike was a major class defeat, but as the essays in
Justice Denied
show, it is also a beacon for the collective values that persist, argues Sofie Mason
Poll Tax 1990: the revolt that sank Thatcher - video
Tom Whittaker gives a sharp introduction on how Thatcher was toppled and what lessons activists today can learn in kicking the Tories out
The many crises of the British state
The British state is enveloped in crisis more than at any point for 30 years. One more push could topple this government, argues Chris Bambery
Every revolution needs some smashing plates
A 1985 Exhibition of Soviet Design came to London and showed Mark Perryman the real meaning of revolution
Reform, Revolution and Direct Action amongst British Miners - book review
The Russian Revolution and World War I led to a surge in workers’ struggles in Britain, as an important new history of the miners’ strikes of 1919 shows, finds Lindsey German
18 June 1984: remembering Orgreave
As the government announces that there will be no inquiry in to the tragic events at Orgreave, Sheena Moore takes a look back at what happened
Durham Miners Gala: an inspiring day
As the coup from the Labour right is launched, the Labour movement vehemently backs Jeremy Corbyn, writes Chris Nineham
Celebrating the Miners Strike through film: 'Miners’ Hymns' and 'DS30'
Mike Quille reviews two new films:
Miners’ Hymns
which is out on DVD, and a new film called
DS30
, which will be shown in Durham a few days before the Miners Gala
Rock against what?
Mark Perryman welcomes the release of the
Orgreave Justice Double CD
of rebel music, old and new
Video: Counterfire visit the Durham Miners' Gala 2012
Interviews from the The Durham Miners' Gala 2012 - featuring a striking Spanish miner and PCS General Secretary Mark Serwotka