Billy Bragg Sings "There Is Power In A Union" & Talks About 1984 Mineworkers Union Strike

DemocracyNow.org - In an extended interview with popular British singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg on Democracy Now!, he sings his song, "There Is Power In A Union." In the 1980s, he called for support for the 1984 strike by the National Union of Mineworkers, one of the most significant chapters in Britain's trade union history. It was ultimately defeated under the watch of then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Bragg went on to organize for the defeat of Thatcher and her Conservative government.

Learn more about the song: http://www.billybragg.co.uk

To watch the entire interview with Billy Bragg, visit http://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/1/billy_bragg_legendary_british_rocker_on

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• amy goodman
• democracy now
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• national union of mineworkers
• britain
• strike
• mineworkers
• margaret thatcher
• conservative party
• trade union

[twosidesandthetruth]

@mowgli2071 A "Blackleg" is a scab - a worker who betrays his fellow workers by accepting whatever the bosses have offered and betrays the trade union.

[chocobosage420]

@mowgli2071 "there is power in the blood"

[ssamuelson15]

Billy Bragg is an absolute legend. One of my all time favorite songs!

[1canyonguy]

Thx to all those that make it possible to see and hear this on youtube and Demoocracy Now. There is power in "our" union

[mowgli2071]

"...down with the blackleg..." Who or what is "the blackleg"? Also, what is name of the English hymn whose tune these various songs used? Btw, this is quite wonderful.