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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.
Inspired by a hit TV show, KEITH FLETT takes a look at the murky history of undercover class war
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
MOLLIE BROWN reports on this year’s festival in honour of the ‘seven men of Jarrow’ deported to Australia for union activity 193 years ago
JOHN WIGHT previews the much-anticipated bout between Benn and Eubank Jnr where — unlike the fights between their fathers — spectacle has reigned over substance