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Revolt
Fight for Bread: The Pentrich Revolution
In June 1817, hundreds of rebels gathered in rural Derbyshire and marched on London "Every man his skill must try He must turn out and not deny; No bloody soldier must he dread, He must turn out and fight for bread.
It's a Revolution: The Storming of the Bastille
How the people of France captured a Parisian prison and brought down the French monarchy once said that a riot is the language of the unheard. For centuries before 1789, politics in the Kingdom of France concerned itself with kings and noblemen.
Forbidden to Forbid: The May 1968 Protests in France
The story of how student protests led France to the brink of full-scale revolution... Students of radical history always end up at the same question: why is it always Paris?
The Common Name of Irishmen: Wolfe Tone and the Irish Rebellion of 1798
The story of Wolfe Tone and the origins of Irish Republicanism... Theobald Wolfe Tone, the founder of Irish republicanism, died today in 1798 while awaiting execution by the British state.