At Chatterton they called it a ‘fight’. At Orgreave, a battle’. In reality, both were calculated, brutal acts of state violence against workers demanding a fair standard of living

Smart turn out for our annual spring wander around Orgreave. 23 souls, unexpected ☀️ and 46 species. Most major targets seen/heard inc Cetti’s, Whitethroat, Wheatear, Swifts, Swallow, HM, SM, LRP and, late on, Arctic Tern, Yellow Wag passed thro’.
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After an early start for the ShefBirdStudyGroup Orgreave field trip... if Mrs P says it's naptime, who am I to argue? Sheffield Peregrines

Manvers lake - Drake Garganey

Orgreave lakes - 1st summer Caspian gull flew around the lake for a bit, G.S Woodpecker, 2 Redshank, Common sand

Orgreave - Disassembly youtu.be/ugE8G2NMS0U?si… via YouTube

Orgreave was not a bug, it was a feature.

The BBC cannot be reformed. It must be abolished.

Prof Janina Ramirez They had snipers trained on the protesters at Indíana Uni.
Power will always attack teachers but not first and what constitute a 'Thinker'?
Was the Miner at Orgreave, Docker in Liverpool or Rail worker any less of a thinker than a University lecturer? Am I?
We all bleed the same

The themes set out by Andy Burnham are just as relevant today.

1: the prioritisation of reputational protection
2: collusion between police & print media
3: a flawed legal system

#JFT97 #Orgreave #HillsboroughLawNow #Leveson2 #Grenfell #postoffice

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Mounted police attacking a female bystander during the miners’ strike, Orgreave, June 1984 by John Harris. The police had just beaten a miner terribly and she had taken a photo so they attacked her. They later claimed this photo was doctored and that it d…

Thanks to the brilliant David Gordon Scott & Weavers Uprising Bicentennial Committee for organising this powerful & moving commemoration to the victims of the 1826 Chatterton Massacre, looking forward to our collaborative work on state violence, denial & the battle for interpretation at Chatterton & #Orgreave

UK police literally spent the 80s beating the shit out of people.

Look at Orgreave ffs

Love the way that Polyp's historical work shortcircuits distance between pasts & presents 2 help us think continuity across time - 4 example, here, in Peterloo Graphic Novel, shortcircuiting the distance between Orgreave & Peterloo through the persistence of political violence over time.

it's the same - from Orgreave to Texas

John Harris, with one of his most famous photographs of #Orgreave at the #Minersstrike40 meeting in Coppull.

Morgan Platt Oh, I dunno... maybe Orgreave, which even the police now regret.

Undemocratic Scargill led to the NUM's defeat.

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South Yorkshire Police, synonymous with #Orgreave and #Hillsborough , both involving mass coverups and zero accountability, has a chief constable who is responsible for counter corruption.

True to form, Ms Poultney and her group look the other way.

BBC did this when reporting on Orgreave in the 84/85 miners strike.

#OrgreaveJustice Proud to be amongst the growing solidarity movement making it clear that continuing to arm Israel is unjustifiable & a ceasefire is essential #StopTheGenocideInGaza

No accountability at all by those well paid executives and MP’s going back to Orgreave, Hillsborough and many many more inquiries

Hardly the battle or Orgreave is it