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“Rebooting democracy”: Northern Soul attends the Peterloo Anniversary Weekend
“Let’s reboot democracy,” the man on the microphone says, to a loud roar of cheers from the crowd.
Read the full story..Beyond the history: Peterloo exhibitions in Manchester
This summer Manchester will mark the anniversary of a public pro-democracy demonstration on August 16, 1819, and its now infamous and bloody response from the authorities.
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