‘Bread not Bayonets’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0UxMadnIEA
The story of Halifax in August 1842 when local workers downed tools to join a nationwide general strike for better pay and extended voting rights and found themselves ruthlessly suppressed with many killed and injured.
32 minutes long
Directed and edited by Francesca Platt and produced by Mark Metcalf.
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