This Land is Your Land – Episode March 6, 2018
I'd still rather be a picket than a scab — the 1984-85 miners' strike in audio form. Victory to the miners!
Tracklist
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Dark As A Dungeon
Cousin Harley • Blue Smoke: The Music of Merle Travis -
Ballad of '84
Dick Gaughan • True and Bold -
Thatcherites
Billy Bragg • William Bloke -
Fitzwilliam
Chumbawamba • Dig This (A Tribute To The Great Strike) -
The Red Flag
Tyneside People's Choir • Which Side Are You On -
This Fragile Life
The Neurotics • Repercussions & Is Your Washroom Breeding Bolsheviks? -
Margaret On the Guillotine
Morissey • Viva Hate -
Iron Hand
Dire Straits • On Every Street -
Strike
Keith Le Blanc • The Enemy Within -
Miners Medley
The Country Pickets • Which Side Are You On -
Comrades in Arms
South Wales Striking Miners Choir, Test Department • Shoulder to Shoulder -
Never Cross A Picket Line
Billy Bragg • The Internationale -
Beyond the Picket Line
Julie Matthews • The Radio Ballads: The Ballad of the Miners' Strike -
Sixteen Tons
Cousin Harley • Blue Smoke: The Music of Merle Travis -
Here We Go (For the Women of the Working Class)
Mal Finch • Heroes -
They'll Never Beat The Miners
The Wilden Brothers, Durham Support Group • Heroes -
Monica Engineer
The Flying Pickets • Lost Boys -
The Judas Bus
Jez Lowe, The Bad Pennies • Wotcheor! -
Holy Joe From Scabsville
The Country Pickets, Ewan MacColl • Which Side Are You On -
The Police Have Been Wonderful
Chumbawamba • Common Ground