It's a battle to the end, say 20-year men
1972Alex MitchellMiners Read the scan at ETOL (PDF) →Read from the scan by machine and not corrected: headlines and words can be misread, and a caption or advert can run into the text. For anything you quote, read the scan.
Miners from Ollerton plt, Notts, on picket YORKSHIRE MARTIN 'IN WALSH. from will be proud to work in WALSH, from Coventry colliery, has worked in the pits for 22 'As far as Coventry miners are concerned this strike is a battle to the end, he told unions must support us, other We think the TUC has betrayed us.
It was the Tory, government which told the Coal Board not to give us more than 7 per cent. They must be got out; the working class must furce them out.
'A Labour government must nationalize all industries, give control to the working men of all such nationalized industries, stop paying the exlandiords royalties and stop paying compensation to the old owners. • Then the working men BEADERS' MEFTINGS Meet Editorlal Board apeakers. Discuss your Ideas for the expanded paper NEWCASTLE Thursday January 7.30 p.m. 'Bayhorse', Wesigate Rd Speaker:
LEEDS Sunday January 16 ammunity Centre Quarry HIll Flats Leeds 1 Speaker:
Stephen Johns ALL TRADES | MEI the Tory government resign!
Return a Labour government pledged to restore full employment and repeal all laws against the unions!
LUTON: Thursday January 13, 8pm. Recreation Centre, Old Bedford Rd. 'Support the miners'.
CORBY: Wednesday January Centre. The Right-to-Work campaign.
N LONDON: Thursday January. 13, 8pm. Town Hall, Edmonton. Miners' pay struggle.
KEIGHLEY: Thursday January 13, 7.30 p.m. will be proud to work country.' Fifty-seven-year-old John Mills, from the same pit, thought that if the NCB had offered £3 there would not have been a strike.
'But we really work in the pits.
'Any job there ought to be the top paid of all industries.
DISGUSTING
'We are only asking for about £5 a week underground and £9 a week raise on the surface, yet this is refused and the Queen got £1,000-aweek rise! It is disgusting in a so-called democratic country.' Twenty-three years a miner, John certainly didn't agree with the TUC decision'.
He added: I'm sure there just has to be a General Strike to get the Tories out.' SHEFFIELD Sunday January 16 7.30 p.m.
YS Premises
Western Works, Portobello Speaker:
Stephen Johns GLASGOW Monday January 1 7.30 pm Room 1 Partick Burgh Lesser Hall Merkland St Tube Speaker:
Stephen Johns Keighley Workingmen's Club. "The miners' strike'.
SE LONDON: Thursday January 13, 8pm. Deptford Engineers' Club (opposite New Cross Station). Support the miners.
COVENTRY: Sunday January 16, 11. a.m. Golden Eagle, Keresley, nr Coventry.
'The miners' strike and the fight against the Tories.' SW LONDON: Luesday anuary 18, 8pm. Small Hall, Clapham Manor Baths, Clapham Manor St, SW4. 'Right-to-Work' campaign.
CROYDON: Thursday January 20, 8pm. Ruskin House, Coombe Rd, Croydon. Support the miners.
Special course of lectures decision of ATUA November 6 confere build revolutionary party.
TUESDAY JANUARY 18 Essential Marxism TUESDAY JANUARY 25 Economics and Politics TUESDAY FEBRUARY 1 istorical Materialism today Lecture Room 1 Digbeth Hall, Digbeth BIRMINGHAM, 8 p.m.
given by HEALY (SLL national secretary!