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Today in London’s radical history: Suffragettes target Chancellor Asquith’s house, 1906.
The Women’s Social & Political Union’s militant campaign for women’s suffrage stepped up in 1906, with one of the main… READ MORE
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Today in legislative history: Ordinance of Labourers passed to stop plebs bettering wages/conditions, 1349.
“Whereas late against the malice of servants, which were idle, and not willing to serve after the pestilence, without taking… READ MORE
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Today in London’s radical history: Troops sent in (again) to break London dock strike, 1948.
For centuries, London’s status as a powerful centre of trade and then as capital of empire made the river Thames… READ MORE
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Today in London history: RSPCA founded in West End coffeehouse, 1824.
On the evening of June 16, 1824, a group of men met together in a West End Coffeehouse; a meeting… READ MORE
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Today in publishing history: Radical Journo William Cobbett tried for objecting to flogging in militia, 1810
In 1809 a contingent of the militia in Ely, Cambridgeshire, mutinied, refusing to obey orders – either because they had… READ MORE
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