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Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike

Tim Tate

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Description:In 1984, a small group of metropolitan gay men and lesbian women stepped away from London’s vibrant gay scene to befriend and support a beleaguered mining community in the remote valleys of South Wales. They did so in the midst of the 1984 miners’ strike—the most bitter and divisive dispute for more than half a century. In the 1980s Margaret Thatcher’s hardcore social and fiscal policies devastated Britain’s traditional industries, as AIDS began to claim lives across the nation. At the very height of this perfect storm, as the government and police battled "the enemy within" in communities across the land and newspapers whipped up fear of the gay "perverts" who were supposedly responsible for inflicting this lethal new pestilence, two groups who ostensibly had nothing in common—miners and homosexuals—unexpectedly made a stand together and forged a lasting friendship. It was an alliance which helped keep an entire valley clothed and fed during the darkest months of the strike. And it led directly to a long-overdue acceptance by unions and the Labour Party that gay equality was a cause to be championed. Pride tells the inspiring true story of how two very different communities—each struggling to overcome its own bitter internal arguments, as well as facing the power of a hostile government and press—found common cause against overwhelming odds. And how this one simple but unlikely act of friendship would, in time, help change life in Britain—forever.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike. To get started finding Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In 1984, a small group of metropolitan gay men and lesbian women stepped away from London’s vibrant gay scene to befriend and support a beleaguered mining community in the remote valleys of South Wales. They did so in the midst of the 1984 miners’ strike—the most bitter and divisive dispute for more than half a century. In the 1980s Margaret Thatcher’s hardcore social and fiscal policies devastated Britain’s traditional industries, as AIDS began to claim lives across the nation. At the very height of this perfect storm, as the government and police battled "the enemy within" in communities across the land and newspapers whipped up fear of the gay "perverts" who were supposedly responsible for inflicting this lethal new pestilence, two groups who ostensibly had nothing in common—miners and homosexuals—unexpectedly made a stand together and forged a lasting friendship. It was an alliance which helped keep an entire valley clothed and fed during the darkest months of the strike. And it led directly to a long-overdue acceptance by unions and the Labour Party that gay equality was a cause to be championed. Pride tells the inspiring true story of how two very different communities—each struggling to overcome its own bitter internal arguments, as well as facing the power of a hostile government and press—found common cause against overwhelming odds. And how this one simple but unlikely act of friendship would, in time, help change life in Britain—forever.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike. To get started finding Pride: The Unlikely Story of the True Heroes of the Miner's Strike, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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