Quote by Arthur Scargill
The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transf

The labour movement had the best opportunity in 50 years to transform not merely an industrial situation and win an important battle for workers in struggle, but an opportunity to change the government of the day. – Arthur Scargill

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Theres a feeling that strength is determined by the size of a union. That clearly is nonsense. – Arthur Scargill

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The trouble with the Labour Party leadership and the trade union leadership, theyre quite willing to applaud millions on the streets of the Philippines or in Eastern Europe, without understanding the need to also produce millions of people on the streets of Britain. – Arthur Scargill

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All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have. – Arthur Scargill

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The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. – Thomas Paine

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