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Jun 23, 2024 · The battle saw violent clashes between armed police and miners outside of the Orgreave coking plant in Rotherham. This is where I was arrested. The strike started in March 1984, when the National Coal Board announced plans to close mines across the UK.
Jun 18, 2024 · The Battle of Orgreave was a violent assault on striking miners by police on 18 June 1984. 40 years on, it stands as a stark symbol of the classism and divisive policies of...
Jun 18, 2024 · Kevin was one of thousands of miners who were involved in violent clashes with police, in what became known as the Battle of Orgreave, on 18 June 1984. The incident – three months into the...
Jun 12, 2024 · 40 years ago on 18 June there was a massive ‘police riot’ on the outskirts of Sheffield. Now, a renamed and privately owned housing estate stands on the site of the infamous ‘Battle of Orgreave’.
Jun 14, 2024 · Labour has pledged it will launch an inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave, in which striking miners and police violently clashed in 1984, if it wins the general election.
Jun 18, 2024 · Four decades on from the Battle of Orgreave, a new report has been released making a further case for an inquiry to “bring police and government to account”. The Orgreave Truth and Justice...
Jun 14, 2024 · The new play that explores the Battle of Orgreave. 40 years on from the Battle of Orgreave playwright Ray Castleton's latest work explores the lives changed in the confrontation.
