Orgreave
in the North of England was the focal point for a mass protest by
miners in June 1984. At this time, miners were angry over proposed
pit closures and reacted by striking and pressuring other pits to
close. The culmination of these protests was a mass gathering of
miners from all over the country at Orgreave. On the morning of 18th
June miners were escorted into Orgeave. At this point, police tactics
already resembled a military campaign. After a push by the miners,
the police acted with force, charging the pickets on horses. The
protest soon turned violent with the police deploying dogs, batons
and guns in an attempt to suppress the protest.
Newly
uncensored documents have revealed shocking linked between
Hillsborough and the alleged police cover-up at the Battle of
Orgeave.
Papers
show that the same senior officers and solicitor were involved in the
aftermath of both national scandals.
It
is claimed they knew police officers perjured themselves at the trial
of striking miners arrested during the 1984 clashes - but kept it
secret.
Five
years later in 1989, it is claimed that history repeated itself.
The
revelations appear in the Independent Police Complaints Commission
(IPCC) dossier which can now be revealed following the verdicts on
the unlawful killing of 96 Liverpool football fans.
One
officer interviewed about the alleged Hillsborough cover-up by South
Yorkshire Police claimed that at Orgreave some of his colleagues were
told not to write anything in their notebooks.
They
received the same instructions in the aftermath of the Hillsborough
disaster.
The
clashes saw 95 miners arrested at the coking plant, near Rotherham,
and 50 people injured.
The
Thatcherite state was determined that the Miners should be destroyed
. We must expose what has happened and learn for the future. we are
entering a period of powerful right wing domination. Nigel Lawson has
recently claimed that Brexirt gives the right the chance to complete
the Thatcher revolution. It is important that new generations see the
long term trends and begin now to understand the process.
There
is a right wing hegemony dominating us. At the last general election
the combined Right wing vote is over 50% It is essential that
weaknesses are exposed in that grouping and that those hypnotised by
the TRghts use of immigration wake up....they are coming for you
next.............
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