Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Gay and lesbian support for the British miners' strike
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Gay and lesbian support for the British miners' strike
In 1984 a group of lesbians and gay men organised a benefit concert to support striking coal-miners. They sent the money they raised to a mining village in Wales. The miners' strike was the biggest industrial dispute in British history. Hear from Mike Jackson, one of the gay men inspired by the miners' struggle.
View all episodes
By BBC World Service
4.8
1313 ratings
In 1984 a group of lesbians and gay men organised a benefit concert to support striking coal-miners. They sent the money they raised to a mining village in Wales. The miners' strike was the biggest industrial dispute in British history. Hear from Mike Jackson, one of the gay men inspired by the miners' struggle.
More shows like Witness History: Witness Archive 2015
View all
Global News Podcast
7,713 Listeners
The Archers
1,095 Listeners
Newshour
1,066 Listeners
In Our Time
5,472 Listeners
The Documentary Podcast
1,806 Listeners
6 Minute English
1,776 Listeners
Learning English Conversations
1,050 Listeners
The Infinite Monkey Cage
2,076 Listeners
You're Dead to Me
3,219 Listeners
SRMN
18 Listeners
The Bomb
1,040 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics: US
2,217 Listeners