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Yesterday… and 2004… in Holloway Prison history: from Pauline Campbell, to Sisters Uncut
Some actions are just a stroke of genius. In a brilliant action, at 2:30 yesterday, Saturday 27th May, activists from… READ MORE
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Today in London’s anti-racist history: resistance to a fascist march in Thamesmead, 1991
The Southeast London ‘suburb’ of Thamesmead was built on land once forming about 1,000 acres of the old Royal Arsenal site that… READ MORE
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Today in London suffrage history: Dora Montefiore barricades her home against bailiffs, 1906.
On 23rd May 1906, Mrs Dora Montefiore barricaded her home, at no 32 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, against the threat of… READ MORE
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Today in London radical history: the Hebrew Socialist Union founded, Spitalfields, 1876
In 1881 the assassination of the Russian Tsar Alexander II, and the wave of anti-semitic pogroms that followed it, forced… READ MORE
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Today in London’s entrepreneurial history: ‘pretend weavers’ get in some collective aggressive begging, 1765.
In the 1760s, the silk weavers of Spitalfields and Bethnal Green were engaged in a protracted multi-fronted struggle, sparked by… READ MORE
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