1983: schoolkids protest outside the Old Bailey after going on strike in support of the 'Newham 8' - eight asian
youths from Newham arrested for defending their community against racist atttacks.
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Male violence against
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1
National League of the Blind and Disabled demo, Trafalgar Square, 1936. |
2
Riot against
police, sparked by agitation
for political reform, 1830. |
3
Edwin Sandys' A Relation of the State of Religion burned by the church at St. Paul's, 1605. |
4
"Humble
Petition of the Seamen"
published 1654, protesting
bad conditions in the navy. |
5
500
schoolchildren
strike in support of
arrested Newham 8, 1982. |
6
Mini-riot,
Stockwell Gardens
Estate, Stockwell, 1983. |
7
700 catering staff
strike at Savoy Hotel, 1947. |
8
1000 anti-fascists
join counter
demo to National Front
march to cenotaph, 1987. |
9
Weavers & labourers
riot in West End and City
demanding reform, 1830.
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10
Agitators
London agent
Tobias Box
nicked with subversive
papers, Aldersgate, 1647. |
11
A crowd protects
bodies of 4 irishmen hanged at Tyburn
from dissectors, 1751, |
12
Anti-Chinese Festival Riot, Drury Lane Theatre, 1755. |
13
1886 : serialisation
of William Morris'
'A Dream of John Ball'
began in Commonweal. |
14
Verdicts in offical
secrets 'ABC' trial, 1978.
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15
Army
leadership & Levellers
clash at Moorfields meeting
to discuss opposition
to Parliament, 1648.
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16
Obscenity trial
begins for Radclyffe
Hall's lesbian novel
Well of Loneliness, 1928. |
17
Radical John Horne
Tooke's trial for treason
opens,1794 (see 25th). |
18
Silver Moon
feminist bookshop closes,
Charing Cross Rd, 2001. |
19
Swing Rioters burn hay stack, Lower Cheam, 1830.
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20
LSG Lufthansa
Skychefs sacked for
strike against fiddles on
their pay, Heathrow, 1998. |
21
2002: one day
strike of council workers
over London weighting.
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22
School
of Oriental &
African Studies occupied by students, Bloomsbury, 2010. |
23
Conference of
anti-nuclear Direct Action
Committee held, 1957. |
24
Darwin's
'Origin of Species' first
published, London, 1859. |
25
John Horne Tooke
acquitted of treason, 1794. |
26
James Somerset,
escaped slave,
re-captured 1771: his legal
case leads to end
of slaves
being transported
to UK. |
27
Seven prisoners escape
from Newgate Prison,
1612. |
28
Sisters Uncut
dye Trafalgar Square
fountains red to symbolise
blood of women murdered
by abusive partners, 2015.
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29
16-year old
Eustace Pryce killed by
a member of a racist gang
from Canning Town, 1984. |
30
Camden Town
Neighbourhood advice
centre occupied to prevent
closure, 2004. (see 19 Dec).
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