Arthur Scargill on Saltley Gate anniversary
- Title
- Arthur Scargill on Saltley Gate anniversary
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 3 May 1992
- Year of production
- 1992
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- Duration
- 00:03:38
- Description
- Speech by miners leader Arthur Scargill in Birmingham to commemorate the 20th anniversary of a battle between police and miners at Saltley Gate coke depot in 1972 in which many other local workers joined in a show of solidarity. Also criticises Labour Party for abandoning socialist principles and losing the last 2 elections.
- Contributors
- Arthur Scargill
- Keywords
- Trade unions; Labour Party; Strikes; Labour disputes; Anniversary celebrations; Police; Coal mining; Socialism; Arthur Scargill; Birmingham; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; Anniversaries; Saltley Gate
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