{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Revealed: Thatcher\u2019s plan to\u00a0use army during miners\u2019 strike\n\n Papers released to the National Archives reveal that in 1984 the...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/72135403790/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://guardian.tumblr.com/post/72070674908/revealed-thatchers-plan-to-use-army-during\" target=\"_blank\">guardian</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http://j.mp/1l6rbnh\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Revealed: Thatcher\u2019s plan to\u00a0</strong><strong>use army during miners\u2019 strike</strong></a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Papers released to the National Archives reveal that in 1984 the prime minister made preparations to use troops to move coal to power stations. <a href=\"http://j.mp/1l6rbnh\" target=\"_blank\">Full story</a>.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>- The Guardian, 3 January 2014.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\nWell yes but the headline\u2019s a little misleading, it\u2019s like how Reagan used military air traffic controllers to fill in after he broke PATCO, or how a Labor government in \u201877 (and again in \u201802!) used military <a href=\"http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Goddess\" target=\"_blank\">&ldquo;Green Goddesses&rdquo;</a> to cover for firefighters\u2019 strikes. \n\nThough I shouldn\u2019t get pissy about taking advantage of slow news days to do public history.\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_mysoa2BaqX1qguyo7o1_r1_1280_8c5cd9056d5d.jpg\" />", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_mysoa2BaqX1qguyo7o1_r1_1280_8c5cd9056d5d.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 1004, "thumbnail_height": 1543}