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1
Socialist -
turned theosophist -
Annie Besant born, 1847.
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2
Inquest Jury
rules Ibrahima
Sey was
unlawfully
killed by police,
1996. |
3
Saint William
Morris denies his
arsenic-laced wallpaper is
dangerous, 1885. errrr....
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4
British Union
of Fascists get mashed up at
Battle of Cable Street, 1936. |
5
Labour govt sends
in troops AGAIN (see July 25)
to break London
gasworkers strike, 1950.
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6
Biggest stock
market crash for
20 years ushers in
all sorts of financial panic & mallarkery, 2008.
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7
Booby-trap
grenade found at BOAC terminal, Victoria, 1970.
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8
Ranter Abiezer
Coppe lobs
apples &
pears at Parliamentary
Committee, Newgate, 1650. |
9
Restoration trials
of regicides who
signed king Charles I's
death warrant begin, 1660. |
10
100s of East End
school kids walk
out on strike, 1889. Spreads UK
wide over
following days... |
11
Strike at Daily Sketch
leads to stoppage of all
national daily papers, 1954. |
12
Aslam Khan,
29,
hangs
himself,
Brixton Prison,
1990. |
13
5000 cops
needed
to prevent
Suffragette
'Rush on
Parliament', 1908. |
14
Blueskin Blake knifes thieftaker Jonathan Wilde, Newgate Prison: in tumult,
Blake's mate Jack
Sheppard escapes. 1724.
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15
RampArt squatted
social centre evicted after 5 years, Whitechapel, 2009. |
16
Crowds watch
'with quiet
satisfaction' as
Houses of Parliament
burns down, 1834. |
17
Secularist guru
GW Foote dies, 1915. |
18
Unemployed marchers fight police, Blackfriars Rd, 1932. |
19
Throbbing Gristle's
'Prostitution' show
opens at ICA, 1976. |
20
1786: 1000s of troop needed to suppress protests by Deptford shipwrights over loss of traditional perks.
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21
Dean of St Pauls
closes cathedral as Occupy camp outside, 2011. |
22
Private tenants of 'worst slums in Southwark',
Balfour St, march to protest conditions, 1973.
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23
Wildcat postal
workers strike
spreads to Leyton, 2003. |
24
Troops sent in to break oil tanker drivers' strike,
1953 |
25
Socialist feminist
Edith Lanchester locked in asylum by her family -
for living unmarried
with her lover, 1895. |
26
British National
Party bigwig
Richard Edmonds beaten up by
anti-fascists, Kings Cross, 1991. |
27
William Morris rejects offer to become poet laureate, 1892, being a republican. |
28
Citizens
mobilise to
defend London as royalist army advances, 1642. |
29
Angry crowd tries to
drag king George III
from his coach,
St James Park, 1795. |
30
Republican John
Ayloffe executed for plot to off king James II, 1685. |
31
Woolwich shipwrights strike over pay, 1739 (see November 4th). |
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If you see
a fascist...
chuck
fruit at
them
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