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Today in London’s criminal history: renowned cutpurse Jenny Diver hung, 1741.
On this date in 1741, at Tyburn‘s largest mass-execution of the mid-18th century, renowned cutpurse Jenny Diver was hanged along with… READ MORE
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Today in London’s racist history, 1973: Black Panther Unity bookshop destroyed by arson attack, Brixton .
Working class communities have always been subject to systematically hostile policing. But conditions in Brixton as in many other areas… READ MORE
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1968-2018: A Celebration of 50 years of Resistance and Campaigning – despite 50 years of police spying
Past Tense are taking part with many others groups and individuals, in planning the following program of events for July… READ MORE
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Today in London rebel history: ranter Jacob Bothumley has his tongue bored through, for blasphemy, 1650.
The Ranters formed the extreme left wing of the sects which came into prominence during the English Revolution, both theologically… READ MORE
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Today in radical herstory, 1918: NUWSS celebrate (some) women winning the vote.
On the 13th of March 1918, the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies held a victory celebration, at Queens Hall, Great… READ MORE
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