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One hundred years ago, on July 15, 1915, two hundred thousand Welsh miners launched a strike for higher pay. Their coal was powering the Royal Navy in the midst of a world war. The miners defied the coalowners, the government, the law, the king and their own leaders. Why? And what lessons, if any, can be learnt for today?<\/p>\n

Robert Griffiths is a labour historian and currently General Secretary of the Communist Party.<\/p>\n

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