Coal Strike (1984-1985)
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Press cuttings: Party general and political general, 1984-09 - 1986-03
Subjects include: Militant in Liverpool; the 1984 Party Conference; the Fulham by-election [London], 1986; the Brecon and Radnor by-election, [Wales], 1985; the miners’ strike; reselection of parliamentary candidates.
Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1984-10 - 1984-12
Subjects include: the bombing of the Grand Hotel, Brighton [Sussex]; the miners’ strike; a tribute to Indira Gandhi, Oct 84; the Fabian Society; policies for the disabled; economic policy.
Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1985-10
Includes: NK’s speech for the Scottish Miners’ gala, on miners dismissed following the miners’ strike; NK’s speech at a Socialist International conference on nuclear disarmament; NK’s speech for the launch of the joint Labour Party and Trades Union Congress economic and social policy document, "A New Partnership, A New Britain". Other subjects include: world poverty; South Africa; the 40th anniversary of the United Nations; reform of the world trading and financial system.
Transcripts of NK broadcasts and interviews, 1984-01 - 1987-05
Includes: World this Weekend, Jan 1984; extracts from interviews on the miners’ strike, Apr-Oct 1984; address by NK to the Confederation of Health Service Employees, June 1984; comment on Ronald Reagan’s re-election as President of the United States, Nov 1984; World this Weekend, Dec 1985; Face the Press, Feb 1986; BBC Radio 4 Analysis interview with Hugo Young, Mar 1987; Frost on Sunday, May 1987.
Transcripts of NK television and radio interviews, 1984-05 - 1987-03
Tribune interview with NK, 1985-09-10
Subjects include: defence policy and nuclear disarmament; Europe; economic policy; trades union funding; NK's leadership; Labour Party reform; the Miners' Strike; Black Sections.
Visits, 1984-11
Correspondence and notes on arrangements for visits including: the funeral of Indira Gandhi, Delhi [India]; the National Graphical Association conference, Blackpool [Lancashire]; a Labour Party rally in support of the miners, Stoke on Trent [Staffordshire], including brief correspondence with Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and brief notes on a threat made against NK and Scargill.