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SUMMARY:Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival
DESCRIPTION:This annual festival where thousands of people come together to celebrate trade unionism and remember the role of the Tolpuddle Martyrs offers a full programme of traditional and contemporary music and other attractions. \nThere has been an annual gathering to mark the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs since 1930s. The event sees thousands of trade unionists from around the UK and the world descend on the small village in Dorset to celebrate the memory and legacy of the Tolpuddle Martyrs.
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/tolpuddle-martyrs-festival-3/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260816
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260818
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SUMMARY:Peterloo Massacre (1819)
DESCRIPTION:On 16 August 1819 60\,000 people congregated in St Peter’s Field in Manchester\, with demands for the right to vote\, freedom from oppression and justice.  Despite its peaceful beginning\, this was a day that would end with a bloody outcome. \nWhy was it called Peterloo?\n\nFrom Waterloo to Manchester\nIn 1789 the French Revolution shook the world and the ideas of liberty\, equality and fraternity spread rapidly.  In Britain\, less than 3% of the population could vote and the system was entirely corrupt.  The ideas of the French Revolution were therefore eagerly received and most powerfully expressed in Thomas Paine’s book\, the Rights of Man (1791).  Paine’s words inspired ordinary people to question the systems they lived under\, systems that had been challenged by those across the channel.  The British government prepared for war not simply to defeat the revolutionary ‘menace’ in France\, but also to destroy the revolutionary ‘menace’ in Britain that Tom Paine had helped unleash.  Britain eventually won the Napoleonic Wars (1803 – 1815) against France\, but at great expense and with a huge national debt.  Moreover\, the militant ideas from France lived on.  Returning British soldiers\, like John Lees who was a veteran of the victorious battle of Waterloo\, were now living not in the prosperity of the victor\, but in poverty.  Lees came from Oldham and when he returned home he continued his trade as a cotton spinner\, but now with drastically reduced wages.  Lees was one of those who protested in Manchester on 16 August 1819 and\, having survived the battlefield\, was to lose his life at the hands of his own army in the Peterloo Massacre.  In the days that followed\, the massacre was named ‘Peterloo’ by a journalist in a mocking reference to the celebrated victory at Waterloo in the Napoleonic Wars that Britain had fought.  Lees’ dying words to his friend were\, at ‘Waterloo there was man to man\, but at Manchester it was downright murder’.
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/peterloo-massacre-1819/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260823
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260825
DTSTAMP:20260403T230243
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UID:2462-1787446800-1787533199@politicsforthemany.co.uk
SUMMARY:International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
DESCRIPTION:The slave trade is a part of our history that must be condemned and never forgotten. Therefore\, Unite fully supports the call for a national day of remembrance. \nFrom 1562 when slavery began to 1865 when the transatlantic slave trade was abolished\, between 10 and 28 million African men\, women and children were enslaved\, persecuted and their human rights denied. By the end of slavery millions had lost their lives. \nUnite pays tribute to all those who campaigned – black and white – to abolish the trafficking of enslaved African labour\, particularly the enslaved African men and women themselves\, former African slaves such as Olaudah Equiano and Ignatius Sancho\, white working class groups\, parliamentarians such as William Wilberforce and many others. \nUnite calls on the government to support the organisation of an annual Remembrance Day that includes educational resources and awareness raising. The disproportionate impact of the high cost of living and lack of workers’ rights including the two-tier employment status has exposed the reality of BAEM people’s daily lives.
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/international-day-for-the-remembrance-of-the-slave-trade-and-its-abolition/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260830
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTSTAMP:20260403T230243
CREATED:20251217T184710Z
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UID:2495-1788051600-1788137999@politicsforthemany.co.uk
SUMMARY:International Day of the Disappeared
DESCRIPTION:More than a human rights violation against an individual\nEnforced disappearance has frequently been used as a strategy to spread terror within the society. The feeling of insecurity generated by this practice is not limited to the close relatives of the disappeared\, but also affects their communities and society as a whole. \nEnforced disappearance has become a global problem and is not restricted to a specific region of the world. Once largely the product of military dictatorships\, enforced disappearances can nowadays be perpetrated in complex situations of internal conflict\, especially as a means of political repression of opponents. Of particular concern are: \n\nthe ongoing harassment of human rights defenders\, relatives of victims\, witnesses and legal counsel dealing with cases of enforced disappearance;\nthe use by States of counter-terrorist activities as an excuse for breaching their obligations;\nand the still widespread impunity for enforced disappearance.\n\nSpecial attention must also be paid to specific groups of especially vulnerable people\, like children and people with disabilities. \nHundreds of thousands of people have vanished during conflicts or periods of repression in at least 85 countries around the world.
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/international-day-of-the-disappeared/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260906
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260908
DTSTAMP:20260403T230243
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SUMMARY:Burston Strike School Rally (1914)
DESCRIPTION:On April 1st 1914 teachers Tom and Annie Higdon were dismissed from their posts in the rural village of Burston\, Norfolk and with it began the ‘longest strike in history’. On that day the children marched around the village with cards hanging from their necks demanding that “We Want Our Teachers Back”. \nThe banner at the head of the march was inscribed with just one word “Justice”. Sixty-six of the local children had gone out on strike in support of their teachers\, and the boycott of the local authority school lasted for the next twenty five years. \nThe Burston Strike School stands as a living monument to working class education and the struggle against rural tyranny – a true free school of the community.’
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/burston-strike-school-rally/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260403T230243
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UID:2470-1789174800-1789261199@politicsforthemany.co.uk
SUMMARY:Wigan Diggers’ Festival
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URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/wigan-diggers-festival-2/
ORGANIZER;CN="Wigan Diggers Festival":MAILTO:wigandiggers@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTSTAMP:20260403T230243
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SUMMARY:TUC Congress 2026 - Brighton
DESCRIPTION:The 158th annual TUC Congress will be held from Sunday 13 to Wednesday 16 September 2026 in Brighton. \nBackground\nCongress is the policy making body of the TUC; the annual congress normally meets for four days each year during September. Each affiliated union can send delegates. At congress motions are proposed and discussed and form the basis of the TUC’s work for the next year. Congress is usually attended by about 600 delegates from approximately 48 affiliated unions\, has an exhibition\, a comprehensive fringe programme and receptions and an annual General Council dinner. \nAround 3\,000 people would normally come through the doors over the course of the four days to take part in debate\, the fringe\, to exhibit or to report on the policy debates at Congress. This is a high-profile media event\, widely regarded as the first big set piece occasion after the summer break\, before the start of the political party conferences.
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/tuc-congress-2026-brighton/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260923
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SUMMARY:World Peace Day
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URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/world-peace-day/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006
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UID:2493-1789952400-1791161999@politicsforthemany.co.uk
SUMMARY:Fairtrade Fortnight 2026
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URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/fairtrade-fortnight-2026/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260927
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261002
DTSTAMP:20260403T230243
CREATED:20251217T133409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251217T133409Z
UID:2471-1790470800-1790816399@politicsforthemany.co.uk
SUMMARY:Labour Party Conference - Liverpool
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URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/labour-party-conference-liverpool/
LOCATION:ACC Liverpool\, King's Dock\, Port of Liverpool\, Kings Dock St\,\, Liverpool\, L3 4FP
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261004
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261006
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SUMMARY:Battle of Cable Street (1936)
DESCRIPTION:In October 1936\, thousands of Londoners gathered to stop Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists marching through the East End. \n\n\nFascism will not pass\n\n\n\n\nThe fascists aimed to win support by dividing Londoners at a time of economic crisis\, as have many other political groups past and present. Their march targeted the East End’s large Jewish community – who they used as a scapegoat for the area’s problems. \nBut the fascists never made it into Whitechapel. In what became known as the Battle of Cable Street\, thousands of people\, mainly local East Enders\, came out and built barricades to stop them\, clashing with police who tried to clear the way. \nThe event remains a symbol of Londoners’ resistance to the rise of fascism and antisemitism in the lead up to the Second World War (1939–1945).
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/battle-of-cable-street/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261022
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UID:2490-1792371600-1792544399@politicsforthemany.co.uk
SUMMARY:Chartered Society of Physiotherapy annual conference 2026 - Glasgow
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URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/chartered-society-of-physiotherapy-annual-conference-2026-glasgow/
LOCATION:Scottish Event Campus\, Exhibition Way\, Glasgow\, G3 8YW
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261202
DTSTAMP:20260403T230243
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SUMMARY:World Aids Day
DESCRIPTION:World AIDS Day is held every year on 1 December\, and is a time to remember those we have lost to HIV. The red ribbon is the international symbol for HIV awareness and support for people living with HIV. But for our community\, it’s more than a ribbon. \nIt’s remembering everyone lost to HIV. \nIt’s a promise to support people living with HIV. \nIt’s a pledge to end new cases of HIV by 2030. \nIt’s a stand against HIV stigma.
URL:https://politicsforthemany.co.uk/event/world-aids-day-2/
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