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Don’t Believe A Word?
Dave Douglass has a rant about the media and their depiction of "truth"

The Guardian - Wednesday September 1, 2004
Moving on seamlessly...
Childhood holidays for Booker-winning author DBC Pierre ranged from Acapulco
to Tahiti. But none, he says, left so deep an impression as his summer
visits 'back home' to the Durham Miners' Gala - or witnessing the sudden
death of mining communities

Mining Poetry
This a delightful and touching selection of mining poetry, reproduced here by kind prmission of the author, Del "Abe" Jones. (USA)

Shoot to Kill = Extrajudicial Killings = Assassination = State Sanctioned Cold Blooded Murder
Dave Edwards tells us his view on the government's shoot to kill policy

Dave is a Non Starter!
When a position for a person to organise their local community came up, Dave thought he was the ideal candidate.

Coal Is The Answer
Coal is the right fuel for electricity generation, but
power producers said Monday that it must burn cleaner to meet tougher
standards for air quality.

The Royal Garden, Berwick.
Dave gets dissed at The Royal Garden, Berwick.

Dust to dust.
Twenty years ago the Selby coalfield, the most advanced of its kind, came into operation, promising jobs for life and long-term prosperity for the region. Yet today, the last of the five pits closes down..

Moving on seamlessly...
Memories of the Durham Miners' Gala, from DBC Pierre's novel, Vernon God Little, which won the Man Booker prize in 2003.

Arthur Scargill and the end of a fantasy
Simon Harvey recounts the sorry tale of how Arthur Scargill ran, dominated and unintentionally killed his own creation

Scargill expels Brar
Weekly Worker 530 Thursday May 27 2004.

The Miners Great Strike
Ian Donovan examines the background to the miners’ Great Strike

Opening the second front
Alan Stevens recalls the decisive moments of the dockers unofficial strike in July 1984
Weekly Worker 521 Thursday March 25 2004.

ANOTHER SACKED MINERS LAMENT
Dave Potts - X NUM Branch Secretary Manton SY.

The 20th Anniversary of The Great Strike
Some letters and pictures

My Father In-law
A letter from the descendants of a Northumberland miner.

UK Hypocrisy
Joe Henshaw tells of the differing sympathies between deep mined coal mines and open cast operations.

The Hickleton Colliery Rescue team
This photograph was sent to us by David Parry, who tells us his father, William, is the figure third from the left.

My Uncle
Thanks to Colin for sending this to us

Bush family's dirty little secret
Dave found this on the net and thought he'd share it with us

A Sacked Miner's Lament
Les Eiffion 'The Welshman 37' Fearn says 'Sacked Miner' is still a dirty word

Oil, Democracy and War
Weekly Worker 448 Thursday September 19 2002

The Pennsylvania mine rescue and the human cost of coal
By Paul Sherman and Bill Vann

ODE TO HEZELTINE
by G.Mckie

Joost van Steenis
Catastrophes

Weekly Worker 403 Thursday October 11 2001
Afghanistan
Revolution and counterrevolution

Money doesn't talk, it swears. - Bob Dylan
POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS AT L.A. AIRPORT

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