In May 1926, nearly 2 million workers all over Britain joined a General strike, called in support of a million… READ MORE
In the mid-1980s, sick of the right-wing bias of the press, a group of Uk leftwingers decided, instead of complaining… READ MORE
Written by a former longtime Brixton resident, now living in exile. (Its grim up North London!) It’s a long post,… READ MORE
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“One Brown, a Prisoner, returning from Hick’s Hall to Bridewel, passing thro’ Clerkenwell Church Yard, desir’d his Keeper to let… READ MORE
The tax on newspapers was first introduced in Britain in 1712; at the same time similar taxes on the price… READ MORE
On Saturday 18th April 2015, more than 100 local residents and anti-fascists turned out at short notice to bar the progress… READ MORE
“A desperate fray happened at Wapping among several gangs of coalheavers; many persons were wounded, and several houses almost destroyed.”… READ MORE
“The Commons have symbolic roots going back to before the Norman conquest. They stand for the right of every human… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
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