They Thatcher sul uclule This analysis of the strike, and the in confidence. . But it was mothers, wives, The failure of the TUC and Kinkitchens..
A drive was needed across the the the JUDICOSIUL contrary to the line of the today, the call NUM, or the Wales The decision of the South Wales al Thatcher.
long - with no effective wish to create an allianc with sections of the ruling class tha agrees not to struggle too hard agains in a way that alienate "public opinion' The birth of the Women Agains Pit Closures movement is a perma nent gain of this strike. The strik could not have lasted without th political and material support of th women in those communities. That the real type of social alliance which i required. Now the NUM is discussin giving the women associate member ship and representation through th Not the unior allotilc move which should be encouraged.
The women's support groups ha an electric effect on the mining com munities. Aware of their social con tribution in the strike women gaines 'We started as wives girlfriends, sisters we have ended as organisers speakers and seasoned fighters in ou cause. We have faced the state.. • ou eyes are open to the many struggles it society, we are not going back to ou There is absolutely reason for that movement to now turt its back on the leadership of the NUM or the so-called 'hard left' that helper to create its dynamic.
The church, the Liberal Party anc aristocracy not more enlightened than the labour move ment when it comes to the question o women. They have tolerated women':
and don nothing at all about it.
Women should continue to con centrate their energies on pushing th labour movement to take up the: demands. The strike gave us a glimpse of the kind of alliance that will ba necessarv to turn the tide That alliance of the e ploited and oppressed, organised wIt the left wing of the labour movemen: must be consolidated. That is the sola type of alliance that can show a wa forward for women.