Whatever happened to British protest?
For a nation that brought the world Chartism, the Suffragettes, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and so many other grassroots social movements, Britain rarely celebrates its long, great tradition of people power.
This story and afterword are taken from Protest: Stories of Resistance. In this timely and evocative collection, twenty authors have assembled to re-imagine key moments of British protest, from the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 to the anti-Iraq War demo of 2003. Written in close consultation with historians, sociologists and eyewitnesses – who also contribute afterwords – these stories follow fictional characters caught up in real-life struggles, offering a streetlevel perspective on the noble art of resistance.
Award-winning short story writer David Constantine takes on the May Day March which took place in Oxford in 1968, which was a protest against Enoch Powell’s notorious ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, delivered in Birmingham on 20th April and widely publicised in national newspapers. The story is accompanied by an afterword by his brother, historian Stephen Constantine.
Genre: Historical
For a nation that brought the world Chartism, the Suffragettes, the Tolpuddle Martyrs, and so many other grassroots social movements, Britain rarely celebrates its long, great tradition of people power.
This story and afterword are taken from Protest: Stories of Resistance. In this timely and evocative collection, twenty authors have assembled to re-imagine key moments of British protest, from the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 to the anti-Iraq War demo of 2003. Written in close consultation with historians, sociologists and eyewitnesses – who also contribute afterwords – these stories follow fictional characters caught up in real-life struggles, offering a streetlevel perspective on the noble art of resistance.
Award-winning short story writer David Constantine takes on the May Day March which took place in Oxford in 1968, which was a protest against Enoch Powell’s notorious ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech, delivered in Birmingham on 20th April and widely publicised in national newspapers. The story is accompanied by an afterword by his brother, historian Stephen Constantine.
Genre: Historical
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