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{{Infobox politician|name=Margaret Thatcher|image=Margaret Thatcher.png|birth_date=13 October 1925|birth_place=Grantham, [[England]], [[UK]]|death_date=8 April 2013|death_place=London, England|birth_name=Margaret Hilda Roberts|political_orientation=[[Neoliberalism]]<br>[[Imperialism]]|political_party= | {{Infobox politician|name=Margaret Thatcher|image=Margaret Thatcher.png|birth_date=13 October 1925|birth_place=Grantham, [[England]], [[UK]]|death_date=8 April 2013|death_place=London, England|birth_name=Margaret Hilda Roberts|political_orientation=[[Neoliberalism]]<br>[[Imperialism]]|political_party=Conservative Party}} | ||
'''Margaret Hilda Thatcher''' (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a [[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative]] [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] politician and | '''Margaret Hilda Thatcher''' (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a [[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative]] [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] politician and Prime Minister of the UK from 1979 to 1990. In 1984, she privatized the coal mining industry, resulting in the loss of 20,000 jobs. She supported [[Republic of Chile|Chilean]] dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]], [[Boris Yeltsin]], and the [[apartheid]] system of [[Republic of South Africa|South Africa]]. Thatcher allowed the [[United States of America|United States]] to bomb [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]] from air bases in England.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Danny Shaw|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Margaret Thatcher: imperialism personified|date=2013-04-10|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/margaret-thatcher-imperialism-personified/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408151838/https://liberationschool.org/margaret-thatcher-imperialism-personified/|archive-date=2021-04-08|retrieved=2022-08-21}}</ref> Under her rule, the number of people living under 60% of the median income rose from 13.4% to 22.2%, and [[unemployment]], [[crime]], and drug trafficking also increased.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=[[Nikos Mottas]]|newspaper=[[In Defense of Communism]]|title=Margaret Thatcher: Symbol of Capitalist Barbarism|date=2023-04-15|url=http://www.idcommunism.com/2023/04/margaret-thatcher-symbol-of-capitalist-barbarism.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415175041/http://www.idcommunism.com/2023/04/margaret-thatcher-symbol-of-capitalist-barbarism.html|archive-date=2023-04-15|retrieved=2023-04-16}}</ref> | ||
== Domestic policy == | |||
Thatcher privatised many British industries, including [[Enterprise Oil]] (1984), [[British Telecom]] (1984), [[British Gas]] (1986), and [[British Steel]] (1988), destroyed the [[Social democracy|welfare state]], and allowed [[Monopoly|monopolies]] to control the economy. Her attacks on [[Trade union|unions]] led to uprisings in Liverpool, London, and Manchester in 1981.<ref name=":1" /> | Thatcher privatised many British industries, including [[Enterprise Oil]] (1984), [[British Telecom]] (1984), [[British Gas]] (1986), and [[British Steel]] (1988), destroyed the [[Social democracy|welfare state]], and allowed [[Monopoly|monopolies]] to control the economy. Her attacks on [[Trade union|unions]] led to uprisings in Liverpool, London, and Manchester in 1981.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
== Foreign policy == | |||
Thatcher considered freedom fighters like [[Nelson Mandela]] and [[Bobby Sands]] to be [[Terrorism|terrorists]]. She supported [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]'s wars against [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006)|Yugoslavia]] and [[Republic of Iraq|Iraq]] and helped establish the [[European Union|EU]] in 1992.<ref name=":1" /> | Thatcher considered freedom fighters like [[Nelson Mandela]] and [[Bobby Sands]] to be [[Terrorism|terrorists]]. She supported [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]'s wars against [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006)|Yugoslavia]] and [[Republic of Iraq|Iraq]] and helped establish the [[European Union|EU]] in 1992.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
=== Argentina === | |||
Thatcher invaded the [[Falkland Islands]] in a war against [[Argentine Republic|Argentina]].<ref name=":1" /> | Thatcher invaded the [[Falkland Islands]] in a war against [[Argentine Republic|Argentina]].<ref name=":1" /> | ||
=== Ireland === | |||
Thatcher repressed the [[Ireland|Irish]] population in the [[Occupied Ireland|six British-occupied counties of Ireland]] during [[the Troubles]], which began in 1968. Many [[Irish republicanism|Irish republicans]] died in a hunger strike starting in 1981. The [[Irish Republican Army]] attempted to kill her in 1984 by detonating bombs at a Conservative party conference, and she banned broadcasting pro-[[Sinn Féin]] content in occupied Ireland in 1988.<ref name=":0" /> | Thatcher repressed the [[Ireland|Irish]] population in the [[Occupied Ireland|six British-occupied counties of Ireland]] during [[the Troubles]], which began in 1968. Many [[Irish republicanism|Irish republicans]] died in a hunger strike starting in 1981. The [[Irish Republican Army]] attempted to kill her in 1984 by detonating bombs at a Conservative party conference, and she banned broadcasting pro-[[Sinn Féin]] content in occupied Ireland in 1988.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
== Ideology == | == Ideology == | ||
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== Death == | == Death == | ||
Following Thatcher's death on 8 April 2013, celebrations began in [[Proletariat|working class]] | Following Thatcher's death on 8 April 2013, celebrations began in [[Proletariat|working class]] neighborhoods all across Britain.<ref name=":1" /> A protest campaign started after Thatcher's death resulting in the song, Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead, shooting to the top of the [[Scotland|Scottish]] charts and getting to 2nd in the UK charts. The [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] attempted to whitewash her reputation after her death, and refused to play the protest song in a charts rundown.<ref>{{Web citation|author=John Dingwall|newspaper=Daily Record|title=Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead shoots to number one in Scottish charts following the death of Margaret Thatcher|date=2013-04-14|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/ding-dong-witch-dead-shoots-1832579}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||