Commemoration of the Peterloo massacre, Manchester 20th August 2017
Here's some photos from the commemoration of the #Peterloo massacre in Albert Square in #Manchester, 20th August 2017. Manchester hasn't forgotten the 15 innocent victims brutally murdered and the hundreds injured by the military forces for demonstrating for the right to vote and better living and working conditions in 1819. The poem 'The Masque of Anarchy' by Percy Bysshe Shelley was inspired by this barbaric display of authoritarianism.
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