Orgreave Anniversary Rally 2017
Come along and support the Annual Orgreave Rally organised by the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign, commemorating the 33rd anniversary of the events at Orgreave.
Meet at 1:00pm
Saturday 17th June 2017
Orgreave Lane,
Sheffield
S13 9NE
Please bring banners and placards.
March with us through Orgreave and support our call for a Public Inquiry for Truth and Justice for Striking Miners brutalised by police at the Orgreave Coking Plant on 18th June 1984.
Confirmed speakers:
- Yvette Cooper, Labour MP and Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee
- Frances O’Grady, General Secretary, TUC
- Mike Jackson, Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners
- Karen Reay, Regional Secretary, Unite the Union, Yorks and Humberside,
- Barbara Jackson, Secretary, Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign
- Eileen Turnbull, Shrewsbury 24 Campaign
- Craig Mansell, ex miner arrested at Orgreave
- Chris Kitchen, General Secretary NUM
- Matt Abbott, Poet
- Compère Chris Peace of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign.
Please make every effort to attend. We will be delighted to see everyone, existing supporters and new ones.
Here’s a link to the Facebook Event with details – https://www.facebook.com/events/295128307559413/?ti=icl
Here’s the PDF for you to distribute:
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