The Art of Class War: the miners' strike as seen by news cartoonists
Schedule
Wed May 08 2024 at 07:30 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Wakefield Town Hall, Wood Street, Wakefield, UK | Wakefield, EN
About this Event
The 1984-85 miner’s strike was one of the most bitter, hard-fought, divisive, and important industrial disputes in UK history and the news media played a leading and controversial role in it.
Nicholas Jones, who reported on the strike for the BBC, will draw on his own experience, as well as his personal archive of news coverage, to look back on the strike through the eyes of news cartoonists.
Learn about the strike as he discusses cartoonists’ visions of heroes and villains, police brutality, working class solidarity, and the growing despair of communities as they were starved back to work in this epic showdown between hard-line conservatism and ordinary workers.
Where is it happening?
Wakefield Town Hall, Wood Street, Wakefield, UK, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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