Simon Hannah

Can't Pay, Won't Pay

The Fight to Stop the Poll Tax

Buch

Thirty years ago, a social movement helped bring down one of the most powerful British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. For the 30th anniversary of the Poll Tax rebellion, Simon Hannah looks back on those tumultuous days of resistance, telling the story of the people that beat the bailiffs, rioted for their rights and defied a government.Starting in Scotland where the 'Community Charge' was first trialled, Can't Pay, Won't Pay immerses the reader in the gritty history of the rebellion. Amidst the drama of large scale protests and blockaded estates a number of key figures and groups emerge: Neil Kinnock and Tommy Sheridan; Militant, Class… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7453-4081-4
EAN: 9780745340814
Produktnummer: 33111143
Verlag: Pluto Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.0 cm 249 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 249

Über den Autor

Simon Hannah is a writer and political activist. He is the author of A Party with Socialists in It (Pluto, 2018). His work has been featured in Open Democracy and New Left Project. He is an active trade unionist and a member of the Labour Party.