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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=Conservative 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 Thatcher''' (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a [[Conservative and Unionist Party|Conservative]] 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> | '''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 == | == Domestic policy == | ||
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== Death == | == Death == | ||
Following Thatcher's death on 8 April 2013, celebrations began in [[Proletariat|working class]] neighborhoods all across Britain.<ref name=":1" /> | 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 == | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 18 January 2024
Margaret Thatcher | |
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| Born | Margaret Hilda Roberts 13 October 1925 Grantham, England, UK |
| Died | 8 April 2013 London, England |
| Political orientation | Neoliberalism Imperialism |
| Political party | Conservative Party |
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013) was a Conservative 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 Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, Boris Yeltsin, and the apartheid system of South Africa. Thatcher allowed the United States to bomb Libya from air bases in England.[1] 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.[2]
Domestic policy
Thatcher privatised many British industries, including Enterprise Oil (1984), British Telecom (1984), British Gas (1986), and British Steel (1988), destroyed the welfare state, and allowed monopolies to control the economy. Her attacks on unions led to uprisings in Liverpool, London, and Manchester in 1981.[2]
Foreign policy
Thatcher considered freedom fighters like Nelson Mandela and Bobby Sands to be terrorists. She supported NATO's wars against Yugoslavia and Iraq and helped establish the EU in 1992.[2]
Argentina
Thatcher invaded the Falkland Islands in a war against Argentina.[2]
Ireland
Thatcher repressed the Irish population in the six British-occupied counties of Ireland during the Troubles, which began in 1968. Many 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.[1]
Ideology
She firmly believed in individualism, even reaching the point of complete denial of the existence of a society.
Death
Following Thatcher's death on 8 April 2013, celebrations began in working class neighborhoods all across Britain.[2] A protest campaign started after Thatcher's death resulting in the song, Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead, shooting to the top of the Scottish charts and getting to 2nd in the UK charts. The BBC attempted to whitewash her reputation after her death, and refused to play the protest song in a charts rundown.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Danny Shaw (2013-04-10). "Margaret Thatcher: imperialism personified" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2021-04-08. Retrieved 2022-08-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nikos Mottas (2023-04-15). "Margaret Thatcher: Symbol of Capitalist Barbarism" In Defense of Communism. Archived from the original on 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ↑ John Dingwall (2013-04-14). "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead shoots to number one in Scottish charts following the death of Margaret Thatcher" Daily Record.