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The other day in publishing history: ‘Oz’ Underground magazine editors jailed for obscenity, 1971.
This should have been published on August 5th… bit late due to one issue and another. We thought we’d put… READ MORE
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Today in London’s radical history: Cons at Pentonville, Brixton, Scrubs & Wandsworth join in prisoners strike, 1972.
Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners (PROP) was founded as a union for cons in May 1972, during a wave… READ MORE
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Today in London’s radical history: attempted royal assassin James Hadfield escapes Bedlam, 1802.
After his unfortunately unsuccessful attempt to shoot king George III failed to kickstart a wondrous Millennium, (see our earlier post)… READ MORE
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Today in London radical history: Unemployed occupation of Wandsworth Workhouse defeats dole cuts, 1921.
In 1886 a new workhouse was built to imprison the poor of the Wandsworth & Clapham Poor Law Union, in… READ MORE
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Today in London’s rebel history: hanging of coalheavers in Shadwell breaks the ‘river strike’, 1768.
For centuries one of the hardest jobs on the London docks was coalheaving: unloading coal from ships to warehouses from… READ MORE
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