Today in Labor History November 4, 1839: The Newport Rising began. It was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. It began when approximately 4,000 Chartists, led by John Frost, marched on the town of Newport. When several were arrested, other Chartists, including coal miners, many armed with homemade weapons, marched on the Westgate Hotel (where they were held) to liberate them. Up to 24 were killed when soldiers were ordered to open fire on them. The Chartists were fighting for the adoption of the People’s Charter, which called for universal suffrage, the secret ballot, and the right of regular working people to serve in the House of Commons. Three leaders of the uprising were sentenced to death, but popular protests got their sentences commuted to Transportation for Life, probably to Australia or Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania). America’s first cop, Allan Pinkerton, supposedly participated in this rebellion. He was a known Chartist in those days, a physical force man who loved to battle cops and Tory thugs. Because of his history of street violence and vandalism, he had to flee Britain in the dark of the night, ultimately settling in Illinois, where he eventually set up the private detective agency that would go on to murder numerous union organizers, and set up hundreds more for long prison stints through the use of agents provocateur and perjured testimonies.

The riots were depicted in the following novels: “Sir Cosmo Digby,” by James Augustus St John (1843), “Rape of the Fair Country,” by Alexander Cordell (1959) and “Children of Rebecca,” by Vivien Annis Bailey (1995).

Read my bio of Pinkerton here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/04/union-busting-by-the-pinkertons/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waRwJZFoJmw

#workingclass #LaborHistory #Chartist #uprising #rebellion #Riot #equality #britain #wales #australia #tasmania #prison #books #novel #fiction #author #writer @bookstadon

The latest Fountain Pen video is now available for your viewing pleasure.

In this video I am comparing two fountain pen inks from my collection.

These are Colorverse Dantes Cosmology and Pure Pens John Frost.

Join me now to see what I think of these inks.

https://youtu.be/E7qskp0Qwhg

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Chartist rebel William Cuffay was transported for plotting revolution in 1848 but continued his radical activities down under in Australia.

https://cuffay.blogspot.com/

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#workingclasshistory

Today in Labor History November 4, 1839: The Newport Rising began. It was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. It began when approximately 4,000 Chartists, led by John Frost, marched on the town of Newport. When several were arrested, other Chartists, including coal miners, many armed with homemade weapons, marched on the Westgate Hotel (where they were held) to liberate them. Up to 24 were killed when soldiers were ordered to open fire on them. The Chartists were fighting for the adoption of the People’s Charter, which called for universal suffrage, the secret ballot, and the right of regular working people to serve in the House of Commons. Three leaders of the uprising were sentenced to death, but popular protests got their sentences commuted to Transportation for Life, probably to Australia or Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania). America’s first cop, Allan Pinkerton, supposedly participated in this rebellion. He was a known Chartist in those days, a physical force man who loved to battle cops and Tory thugs. Because of his history of street violence and vandalism, he had to flee Britain in the dark of the night, ultimately settling in Illinois, where he eventually set up the private detective agency that would go on to murder numerous union organizers, and set up hundreds more for long prison stints through the use of agents provocateur and perjured testimonies.

The riots were depicted in the following novels: “Sir Cosmo Digby,” by James Augustus St John (1843), “Rape of the Fair Country,” by Alexander Cordell (1959) and “Children of Rebecca,” by Vivien Annis Bailey (1995).

#workingclass #LaborHistory #Chartist #uprising #rebellion #Riot #equality #britain #wales #australia #tasmania #prison #books #novel #fiction #author #writer @bookstadon

Ukraine, City under siege.

https://www.chartist.org.uk/city-under-siege/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-under-siege

Chartist magazine and the EB are committed to the cause of Ukraine.

The present Blog TC specialises in western European politics, above all France, Spain and Germany. It is preferable to repost others on this defining war.

https://x.com/Chartist48/status/1790668945927876679

#Chartist #Ukraine

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨

Recorded live at The Place Newport at the Newport Rising festival this year, our guests Chris Haines (ICNN Senedd Reporter) and Tom Hoyles (GMB Wales & South West England) cast a Chartist's eye over the plans for Welsh parliament reform and ask whether the Senedd passes the six tests of the People's Charter that brought thousands marching to the city in 1839. #Wales #Cymru #Chartism #Chartist

Available on all the podcast apps and on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/80v0CNnR1BA

Today in Labor History November 4, 1839: The Newport Rising began. It was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. It began when approximately 4,000 Chartists, led by John Frost, marched on the town of Newport. When several were arrested, other Chartists, including coal miners, many armed with homemade weapons, marched on the Westgate Hotel (where they were held) to liberate them. Up to 24 were killed when soldiers were ordered to open fire on them. The Chartists were fighting for the adoption of the People’s Charter, which called for universal suffrage, the secret ballot, and the right of regular working people to serve in the House of Commons. Three leaders of the uprising were sentenced to death, but popular protests got their sentences commuted to Transportation for Life, probably to Australia or Van Dieman’s Land (Tasmania). America’s first cop, Allan Pinkerton, supposedly participated in this rebellion. He was a known Chartist in those days, a physical force man who loved to battle cops and Tory thugs. Because of his history of street violence and vandalism, he had to flee Britain in the dark of the night, ultimately settling in Illinois, where he eventually set up the private detective agency that would go on to murder numerous union organizers, and set up hundreds more for long prison stints through the use of agents provocateur and perjured testimonies.

The riots were depicted in the following novels: “Sir Cosmo Digby,” by James Augustus St John (1843), “Rape of the Fair Country,” by Alexander Cordell (1959) and “Children of Rebecca,” by Vivien Annis Bailey (1995).

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #Chartist #uprising #rebellion #Riot #equality #britain #wales #australia #tasmania #prison #books #novel #fiction #author #writer @bookstadon