Michael Walker of Hayes People’s History contributed the posts below as comments on the October 2009 article by Michael Herbert, The General Strike in Manchester, May 1926. The original comments are available to view there, but they were substantial enough that we felt that they were worth reproducing in their own right. The two short [...]
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Protesting Manchester Airport’s second runway
Posted in Anti-Aviation, Environmentalism, Land Rights, Manchester Airport protest, Police Brutality, tagged Manchester Airport, Mobley, Wigan on February 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
An article from Do or Die Issue 6. In the paper edition, this article appears on page(s) 82-86. Life on the Battle Star: A Personal Account This interview was gently extracted from a war-torn activist three days after the eviction of the last tree at Flywood camp at Manchester Airport. There were still tunnel systems [...]
Eva Gore-Booth
Posted in Feminism, Irish Independence, Pacifism, Suffragettes & Suffragists, Trade unions, Workers' Education, tagged Ancoats, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Free Trade Hall, Gorton, Greater Manchester, Rusholme, Salford, Wigan on August 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Born to an upper-class Irish family, Eva Gore-Booth became a leading campaigner for trade union rights, votes for women and Irish independence in the first three decades of the 20th century. Eva was born in Lissadell,County Sligo in May 1870 into a prominent Anglo-Irish family, the Gore-Booths. She enjoyed a conventional upper-class upbringing but from [...]
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