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The Miners Strike: 20 years on

category national | miscellaneous | event notice author Friday March 18, 2005 11:14author by soviepop - dublin grassroots networkauthor email sovietpop at hotmail dot com

Dave Douglass comes to Dublin

Anarchist, former miner, NUM lay official, class war member and larger than life characther DAVE DOUGLASS is speaking at the opening of the 9th Grassroots Gathering on Friday the 1st of April at 8.00.

It is hoped to show a video on the strike beforehand.

St Nicolas of Myra Community Centre
Carmens Hall
Off Frances St
Dublin 8


Who is Dave Douglass?

DAVE DOUGLASS:
For 29 years David or Dave (or "Danny The Red", as he is more popularly known around the mining community of Stainforth and Hatfield) worked as a coal miner in the coal fields of Durham and South Yorkshire. Since 1979 he has been the elected NUM Branch Delegate for Hatfield Colliery.
In 1994/5 he became Branch Secretary at Hatfield Main but after the pit was privatised the NUM no longer had any recognition there.
In 1994 he opened the Miners Community Advice Centre in Stainforth so that he may help the people from the mining community - working miners, ex-miners and their widows and dependants. The centre also acts as a political, sociological and Trade Union Centre, taking up the causes affecting the Mining Industry and Mining Community.

In Oct 1999 he appeared on Living With The Enemy. the Ch 4 tv program. Titled 'The Anarchist and The Aristocrat'. Dave and Lord Rowallen battled it out for a week. Oct. 1999


More Info: http://www.minersadvice.co.uk/dave.htm

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author by GGerpublication date Fri Mar 18, 2005 14:29author address author phone

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author by Markpublication date Thu Mar 31, 2005 12:39author address author phone

Saw that it was mad

author by the shy one at meetingspublication date Thu Mar 31, 2005 13:56author address author phone

The auld beeb seem good at making such shows.

Or was it CH4?

author by juab pablopublication date Thu Mar 31, 2005 21:21author address author phone

lets be honest,and i mean no disrespect particularly in terms of his impressive cv above,but he struck me as a bit of a nutter on that show



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