Monday 17 August 2009

Peterloo; A Poem by Joseph Healy 16/8/2009 and clips from GL summer event and Peterloo demo august 2009

At Peterloo they fell and died


Those for whom Liberty's price was paid


Now Tomlinson and SOCPA are the theme


Where Freedom's corpse lies in the grave


Lord Liverpool and Captain Burleigh


Who called the Yeomanry to arms


Your heirs - Brown and Ainsworth call for youthful blood in Afghanistan


And Orator Hunt would blanch with shame


Where blood stained the stones of Peter's Fields


There lie the bones of Socialism's hopes


Trod beneath the hooves of New Labour's cavalry


Read out the names of Peterloo and New Labour's dead


- Freedom, Liberty, Suffrage and the Price of Oil!




Talk and discussion part one








Talk and discussion part two








Talk and discussion part three








Talk and discussion part four








Peterloo in 2009







Marchers arrive from Oldham







The Mob assembled







Green Lefties modelling Liberty Caps









A photo op (mishandled?)







Wreath laid at the Peace Memorial







How to organise a spontaneous outcry







Wreath at the Peace Memorial

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