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A chronology of events in the UK (See also   Welcome to 1984 ; February 1984 ) 1984 started with various strikes, including the early rumblings of what would soon become the national miners strike. The armed conflict was continuing in the North of Ireland, with the row continuing about the mass escape of IRA prisoners in the previous September. The movement against nuclear weapons was focused particularly on Greenham Common in Berkshire, where women had established a peace camp... Tues. 3 January: 110 workers go on strike over pay at Phillips Rubber Ltd, Dantzic street, Manchester [Hansard, 5.7.84] Tues. 3 January: 21 Greenham women arrested after sit-in at Little Chef restaurant in Newbury. They were protesting about being banned from the premises, the nearest to the peace camp [GH, 4 Jan) Thurs. 5 January: planned national shipyard strike called off by unions [T.6.1.84]; Land Rover workers vote to strike (but this is also later called off by unions). Mon. 9 January: Sarah Tisdall...

A while ago I put together a mix for Stefan Szczelkun's Agit Disco series of political music, which was later included in the book of the same name . Myself and various other Agit Disco selectors are taking part in a benefit for Housmans , the long established radical bookshop at Kings Cross. The event takes place at Surya,  154-156 Pentonville Rd, London N1 on  Thursday 10th April,  7pm to Midnight. Full details follow... 'We’d like to invite you to come along to a special fundraising DJ shindig, being put on by Housmans alongside the good people involved with the Agit Disco book (Mute Books 2011). We’ll be taking over both floors of local eco-music venue Surya, and filling it with guest selec tors who featured in the Agit Disco book. The music policy on both floors will be nothing but the best politically-charged tunes ever recorded. Selectors on the night include: Sian Addicott Martin Dixon John Eden Marc Garrett Nik Górecki Caroline Heron Stewart Home Paul Jamrozy Mi...