Tag: Strikes

‘Protest: Stories of Resistance’ – featuring Professor David Waddington

Front cover of 'Protest - Stories of Resistance' featuring Professor David Waddington. Courtesy of Comma Press.

Whatever happened to British protest? For a nation that brought the world Chartism, the Suffragettes, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and so many other grassroots social movements, Britain rarely celebrates its long, great tradition of people power. In this timely and evocative collection, twenty authors have assembled to re-imagine key moments of British protest, from the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 to the […]

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Justice Denied: Friends, Foes and the Miners’ Strike

Front cover of Justice Denied by Merlin Press, featuring police on horseback and protesters

TV portraits of the miners’ strike of 1984/5 stressed the violence of the pickets and responsible policing. This book challenges those images, looks at the impact of the strike on participants, and reflects on ongoing controversies and community pride. The book is organised into three parts. In the early chapters, participants look back: Peter Smith speaks of his honest determination […]

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