workingclasshistory:On this day, 15 April 1989, the Hillsborough disaster took place during an FA Cu
workingclasshistory:On this day, 15 April 1989, the Hillsborough disaster took place during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest resulting in 96 dead and over 700 injured. Though the result of a combination of police negligence and a ground which did not adequately meet health and safety standards, the police, with help from the mainstream media, concocted an entirely false story blaming working class Liverpool fans for the disaster, a story which would only be exposed for the lie it was in 2012 following years of campaigning by the families of the victims. This blog was written when the truth finally came out: https://libcom.org/blog/hillsborough-real-truth-07102012 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1401125740072572/?type=3 -- source link
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