Latest editorial
‘Events like this keep spirit of resistance burning’
British cross-border train fares far outstrip flights, ranking among Europe’s worst
HUNDREDS of Mancunians and Lancastrians held an “illegal picnic” at the steps of the new Peterloo Massacre memorial on Saturday.
Scores of demonstrators marching from towns and cities across Lancashire and Greater Manchester massed at the site of the 1819 massacre in which 18 protesters demanding the vote were murdered.
The latter-day protesters had a picnic during which people were encouraged to take part in an open-microphone session.
Similar stories
The government cracking down on something it can’t comprehend and doesn’t want to engage with is a repeating pattern of history, says KEITH FLETT
JON BALDWIN appreciates the way Steve McQueen has curated the evidence of our resistance, and is inspired by their cumulative effect
The legacy of an 1820 conspiracy in revenge for Peterloo resonates down the ages, argues KEITH FLETT
MAT COWARD traces how ill health and voracious reading transformed a military man into the Father of Reform, championing American independence, universal suffrage and secret ballots against Establishment resistance