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.
Francesca's story is framed by a traumatic episode in the late twentieth-century history of Wales which relates to the wider culture of language protest - the drowning of the valley of Tryweryn to provide water for the population and industries of Liverpool. The fact that the village was a Welsh-speaking community lent a wider symbolic and national significance to the event: Welsh was being wiped out and Wales itself was perceived to be helpless.
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.
Francesca's story is framed by a traumatic episode in the late twentieth-century history of Wales which relates to the wider culture of language protest - the drowning of the valley of Tryweryn to provide water for the population and industries of Liverpool. The fact that the village was a Welsh-speaking community lent a wider symbolic and national significance to the event: Welsh was being wiped out and Wales itself was perceived to be helpless.
Genre: Historical
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