Ken Capstick speaking at the commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the ‘Battle of Saltley Gate’ at the Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, 2022 - Kevin Hayes / Alamy Ken Capstick, who has died aged ...

On Saturday, hundreds of former miners and their families marked the 40th Anniversary of the 1984-85 British miners’ strike, with a march and rally in South Yorkshire, England. The Hatfield Miners’ ...

The government has announced it is launching a statutory inquiry into the violent policing at Orgreave during the infamous miner’s strike of 1984. Dubbed the ‘Battle of Orgreave’ by historians, the ...

A public inquiry into the violent confrontation at Orgreave during the 1984 miners’ strike will address questions “unanswered for decades”, the Government has announced. The inquiry, expected to ...

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Britain said on Monday it would hold an inquiry into the "Battle of Orgreave", a violent confrontation between police and striking coal miners in 1984 at the height of a ...

Malcolm Bray was a miner at Woolley colliery in the Yorkshire coalfields during the year-long 1984-85 strike. The WSWS spoke to him about his experiences and the political lessons he drew from the ...

Tuesday marks the 40 th anniversary of a grim day in U.K. history: the Battle of Orgreave when police clashed with striking workers at a coking plant, leaving more 100 people injured. Those shocking ...

LONDON — The British government said Monday that it will hold a public inquiry into the “Battle of Orgreave,” a violent confrontation between police and striking coal miners that became a defining ...

A public inquiry is to examine the events surrounding the so-called "Battle of Orgreave" – where over 100 striking miners and police were injured in violent clashes and, after which, criminal charges ...

A public inquiry to uncover the truth of what happened during violent clashes between police and striking miners in Orgreave is set to begin in the autumn, the government has announced. The statutory ...

This announcement didn’t come out of nowhere. It is the direct result of unrelenting pressure from trade unions, campaigners, and the coalfield communities who were targeted by a government determined ...