Steve · @Justice30
0 followers · 20 posts · Server graeber.social
Steve · @Justice30
0 followers · 19 posts · Server graeber.social
Steve · @Justice30
0 followers · 18 posts · Server graeber.social
Steve · @Justice30
0 followers · 17 posts · Server graeber.social
Fen C · @fencoul
2547 followers · 1917 posts · Server mastodon.scotDo the #PeasantsRevolt, #TolpuddleMartyrs, #OliverCromwell or #SlaveTrade get a mention? 😂
#slavetrade #OliverCromwell #tolpuddlemartyrs #peasantsrevolt
Charlie Mike · @cjnmcg
94 followers · 288 posts · Server mastodon.scotThis year's #TolpuddleMartyrs March should be the biggest ever seen, let's show these tories we won't take this any more.
Helen Stirling-Lane · @helenstirlinglane
97 followers · 134 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk#TolpuddleMartyrs were 6 agricultural labourers from Tolpuddle-Dorset, in 1834, who were arrested and convicted under an obscure act and sentenced to penal transportation. Public protests led to their return in 1836.
Details below:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs
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Helen Stirling-Lane · @helenstirlinglane
97 followers · 129 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk
More than a little disturbing. Whether you agree with #protests or not, the right to protest has long been a part of British democracy.
#JarrowMarchers
#TolpuddleMartyrs
#PeterlooMasacre
#MatchgirlsStrike
All the above, and more, have clawed worker's rights from the bosses
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#protests #JarrowMarchers #tolpuddlemartyrs #PeterlooMasacre #MatchGirlsStrike
Avril · @Avril
167 followers · 37 posts · Server aus.socialDid you know that the #TolpuddleMartyrs included three #Methodist Lay Preachers? Five of the six of them were Methodists. One reason the Uniting Church encourages everyone to join their #TradeUnion. As I have! 👋🏻 http://www.methodistheritage.org.uk/tolpuddlemethodistchapel.htm
#tolpuddlemartyrs #Methodist #tradeunion