Making Cultures Of Solidarity London And The 19845 Miners Strike Diarmaid Kelliher by Diarmaid Kelliher 9780367355203, 9780367672423, 9780429340758, 0367355205, 0367672421, 0429340753 instant download after payment.

This book combines radical history, critical geography, and political
theory in an innovative history of the solidarity campaign in London
during the 1984-5 miners’ strike.

Thousands of people collected food and money, joined picket lines and
demonstrations, organised meetings, travelled to mining areas, and
hosted coalfield activists in their homes during the strike. The support
campaign encompassed longstanding elements of the British labour
movement as well as autonomously organised Black, lesbian and gay, and
feminist support groups. This book shows how the solidarity of 1984-5
was rooted in the development of mutual relationships of support between
the coalfields and the capital since the late 1960s. It argues that a
culture of solidarity was developed through industrial and political
struggles that brought together diverse activists from mining
communities and London. The book also takes the story forward, exploring
the aftermath of the miners’ strike and the complex legacies of the
support movement up to the present day. This rich history provides a
compelling example of how solidarity can cross geographical and social
boundaries.

This book is essential reading for students, scholars, and activists with an interest in left-wing politics and history.