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Saturday 17 August 2013

Manchester remembers Peterloo

Progressive actor Maxine Peake led yesterday's commemoration of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre by reading out the names of the 15 protesters killed by the army at the Manchester demonstration for political rights. The massacre was a seminal moment in the peoples history of Britain and Maxine backed a call by local campaigners for Piccadilly Station to be renamed Peterloo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_jaLfyGrBI&feature=player_embedded
http://www.itv.com/news/granada/story/2013-08-15/peterloo-memorial-ceremony/#maxine-leads-tribute-to-massacre-victims_246683
http://www.peterloomassacre.org/index.html