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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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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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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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