Mick McGahey NUM v-president | Socialist Action 1983

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busy making mortgage repayments. But now we are sick and tired listening to the Jeremiahs of the movement saying young people will never fight as well as the older generation that built the movement. I say, without fear of contradiction, that if those who built our trade union movement could look on this scene today, they would salute our young For the first time in an industrial dispute we've also seen women take their place — not mereiv in soup kıtchens, not merely giving moral support, but those magnificent fighting shoulder to shoulder for their jobs, their communities, their families Anybody who is under any illusions about the government's involvement in this dispute has only got to listen to the revelations of the public ( In October we had the Labour Party conference and they also affirmed their total support for the miners. And I want to say that it's not just a resolutionary party I hope, in plementation of those resolutions that counts.

And I want to say to Neil Kinnock, get your eyes off the opinion your life would be like if you had to go back to work on terms and conditions set by the NCB and the government. Imagıne that vou were told that you wouldn't have the right to raise any protest against the employer.

Make mistake, months of struggle this trade union llas gone 1oo much for there to be any turning moulders.

It's moDusing ue waole and trade the Tories and ensure victory for the whole working class.

national officials. ourselves in conflict with the law.

She can probably eight organisation. But questrate our minds. far and suffered too freeze our will to wn! polls in the Mirror and the Sun. I say to him come and meet the opinion of the Tories, Here is a victory for the labour movement. Here is the opportunity of union movement that can win the victory for the miners, defeal We've found I wonder if Thatcher understands.

sequestrate our funds. She can probably freeze on a day by day basis the operations of our she can't seShe can't imprison our principles. And she can't

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Socialist Action 16 November 1984