In the decade before the outbreak of the Second World War there was extensive campaigning by a number of organisations in Manchester on the issues of peace and opposition to war. The experience of the slaughter of millions during First World War (“the war to end all wars”) had led many to believe that war [...]
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Peace and Antiwar activities in 1930s Manchester
Posted in Anti-Fascism, Anti-War, Co-operatives, Labour Party, Pacifism, Radical Art, Trade unions, tagged Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Clayton, Daisybank, Deansgate, Fallowfield, Gorton, Greater Manchester, Hulme, Lower Broughton, Manchester University, Oxford Road, Salford, Walkden on October 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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