Dr Joseph Toscano monthly talk on #TolpuddleMartyrs transported (1834) as convicts to Australia next Wednesday 19th June 6pm+ at Footscray Hotel.
162,000 convicts were transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868
Past talks videos on #Swing 1830, #Ludd 1812, #UnitedIrishmen 1798, Scottish #Jacobins 1794 & more:
https://www.youtube.com/@JosephToscano-Naarm/videos
See also
TolpuddleMartyrs Museum
https://www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk/
Organises Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival 2024 : 19th - 21st July
@thestrangelet Innovation has been taking our jobs since humans started to think. Having machines learning from humans is going to be a scary place.
I am glad to be approaching retirement
Workers could be sacked for voting to strike
Barclay intends to take the RCN to court to prevent them from striking.
Outrageous
Do the #PeasantsRevolt, #TolpuddleMartyrs, #OliverCromwell or #SlaveTrade get a mention? 😂
#TolpuddleMartyrs were 6 agricultural labourers from Tolpuddle-Dorset, in 1834, who were arrested and convicted under an obscure act and sentenced to penal transportation. Public protests led to their return in 1836.
Details below:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs
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More than a little disturbing. Whether you agree with #protests or not, the right to protest has long been a part of British democracy.
#JarrowMarchers
#TolpuddleMartyrs
#PeterlooMasacre
#MatchgirlsStrike
All the above, and more, have clawed worker's rights from the bosses
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Liam O'Mara IV, PhD
Peter Riley
Greg Walker 
Totts
Fen C
Helen Stirling-Lane
Avril