In 1982, Arthur Scargill gave an interview to Ian White on his recollections on the Battle of Saltley Gate and the Miner’s Strike of 1984-85, for the Look North program.
Arthur’s reflections on the events of 1972 and the Strike of ’84 should give us pause to reflect.
His central message about the importance of solidarity among the working class, is just as vitally important as it ever was.
When workers are united, they are unstoppable force, and that lesson should not be lost because we forgotten our history, particularly in these days of austerity and downward pressure on the pay and conditions of working people.
By Allistair Lomax