In 1984, a huge coal miner strike erupted when mine after mine after mine was closed. While miners were out of work, donations came in from miners in Ukraine. Now, two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Welsh miners are repaying the favor. Host Marco Werman talks with Mick Antoniw, a member of Welsh parliament who traveled to Ukraine with miners and distributed aid to Ukrainian miners on the front line.
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