Tag: margaret thatcher

This Day in Labor History: March 6, 1984

By Erik Loomis

In General

On March 6, 2022

On March 6, 1984, the British coal strike against Margret Thatcher’s union-busting and privatization began. This strike would threaten to shut off the nation’s energy supplies. It was also started on a questionable legal basis, which opened the door for court action to shut it down. In the end, while a brave action, it was […]

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This Day in Labor History: August 20, 1976

By Erik Loomis

On August 20, 2017

On August 20, 1976, the Grunwick Strike began. This strike showed the potential of the British trade union movement to embrace immigrant workers for the first time, but its defeat was a critical momen

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The Enemy Within

By Erik Loomis

On September 2, 2015

I was lucky enough to be sent a copy of The Enemy Within (in Britain it is going by Still the Enemy Within). This is a powerful documentary on how Margaret Thatcher busted the coal miners’ union

Thatcherism

By Erik Loomis

In General

On December 18, 2014

The leaders of Thatcher-era Great Britain were really marked by high personal moral standards: London police say they believe a claim made by a man named only as “Nick,” who alleges he saw a Conservative member of Parliament kill a boy at a child sex party in the 1980s, The Guardian reports. Nick, whose real […]

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Margaret Thatcher: A Pundit’s Fantasy

By Erik Loomis

On December 8, 2011

I can see why the Times published this Thatcher hagiography–she is a pundit’s wet dream. This version of Thatcher has everything Beltway pundits love–Strong leadership! Doing things!