A short history on the influence of William Cuffay, a black tailor, and Irish Catholic workers in the Chartist movement and how the British ruling class used racism to divide an increasingly ...

Chartism was a movement for democratic rights, started in London in 1838 with the publication of the 'People's Charter'. The Charter demanded the reform of parliament. At that time very few people ...

Dear Archbishop Rowan, I was disappointed with your recent take on the Occupy protests, that they were "rather like that episode in Father Ted where the priests demonstrate with a placard saying 'Down ...

Arrest of the Revd R Stephens, Chartist and Torchlight Agitator A discussion took place as to the best means to be adopted how it was to be executed without the sacrifice of human life. It required ...

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