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The Peterloo Massacre took place at St Peter's Field, Manchester, Lancashire, England, on Monday 16 August 1819. It was the largest ever political gathering of working class people.
The film Peterloo marks the 200th anniversary of the notorious Peterloo Massacre. On 16 August 1819, a crowd of some 60,000 people from Manchester and surrounding towns gathered in St Peter's Fields to demand Parliamentary reform and an extension of voting rights.
4 days ago · Peterloo Massacre, the brutal dispersal by cavalry of a radical meeting held on St. Peter’s Fields in Manchester, England, on August 16, 1819.
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Apr 5, 2019 · Peterloo is a film about the 1819 massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Manchester, England, directed by Mike Leigh. It features Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell and other actors, and has a PG-13 rating for violence and chaos.
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Sep 1, 2018 · Peterloo review – grit and brilliance in Mike Leigh’s very British massacre. A biting sense of topicality pervades this passionate account of the murders of protesters at a mass pro-democracy ...
Jan 4, 2018 · The Peterloo massacre has become a battle honour for the left, its memory played out in a thousand mass meetings, in a direct line from August 1819 to Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign rallies today.
