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The Black March of the Laciana miners

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The Black March of the Laciana miners

Historical milestone · Villablino, La Montaña de Luna, León

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In 1992, faced with the announcement of closures in the coalfield, close to five hundred Laciana miners set out on foot for Madrid in what became known as the Black March, one of the most remembered workers' mobilisations of the industrial restructuring.

1992

Photo: Jose Manuel Loureiro… (CC BY 3.0)

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