Today in Labor History June 15, 1381: Wat Tyler was murdered during negotiations with King Richard II (who was only 14 at the time). Tyler, a leader of the Peasant’s Revolt, led a group of rebels from Canterbury to London to fight the poll tax and for economic and social reforms. They attacked government buildings and prisons, freed prisoners, destroyed legal records, sacked the homes of the rich, and murdered people they thought were connected to the royal government. The king had agreed to most of their demands and had promised full pardons to all those involved in the uprising.

Wat Tyler has been portrayed in many books, including “Bleak House” by Charles Dickens (1853), “A Dream of John Ball” (1888) by the socialist William Morris, “Redburn” (1849) by Herman Melville and “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court” (1889) by Mark Twain. Chumbawamba covers “Cutty Wren,” Peasants’ Revolt song, on their album “English Rebel Songs.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJzHBQIlJwk&list=RDWJzHBQIlJwk&start_radio=1

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4ο Αντικαπιταλιστικό Φεστιβάλ REVOLT, Σάββατο 13/6

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4ο Αντικαπιταλιστικό Φεστιβάλ REVOLT, Σάββατο 13/6

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In Starmer’s Britain, the law is a total ass!

“Legal profession revolt against the UK judge whose job is to protect Israel's genocide”

by Jonathan Cook on Substack

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“Judge Johnson so rigged the trial of anti-genocide activists that 1000s of legal professionals have urged him to step down from the sentencing hearing. But Johnson's dirty work is not yet complete”

https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathancook/p/legal-profession-revolt-against-the

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Today in Labor History May 31, 1838: Kentish peasants clashed with British troops in the Battle of Bosendon Wood. Sir William Courtenay led the uprising. Courtenay had previously run for public office and spent time in a lunatic asylum. He built up a large local following in the previous four years with his millenarian preaching and demonstrations against the New Poor Law of 1834. On May 29, 1838, he led a march through town, with a loaf of bread on a pole (a local symbol of protest). They continued protesting for the next two days, alarming the town’s wealthy elites. When the authorities tried to arrest Courtenay, he shot and killed a constable. The authorities quickly mustered a small army. Courtenay had a gun and a sword, but his followers had only sticks. Courtenay managed to kill a Lieutenant in the ensuing battle, but was promptly killed by other soldiers, who also killed eight of his followers.

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