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Thursday, February 28
Interview: Paul Pickering on Feargus O'Connor
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mark
on Thu 28 Feb 2008 13:59 GMT
 A new biography of Feargus O'Connor, written by Dr Paul Pickering (left), is due for publication later this spring. O'Connor was probably the single most significant figure in Chartism for more than a decade, and was the only person ever elected to Parliament specifically on a Chartist ticket.A Chartist ... more »
Techorati claim
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mark
on Thu 28 Feb 2008 13:50 GMT
Monday, February 25
Strawberry fields for Chartists
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mark
on Mon 25 Feb 2008 15:36 GMT
Great
Dodford was the fifth and final land colony to be settled by Chartist members
of the National Land Company. But it was also the settlement with the longest record of success. Despite a difficult start, descendants of the original tenants were still making a good living as late as ... more » Friday, February 22
A radical cause after Chartism
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mark
on Fri 22 Feb 2008 16:26 GMT
I have now added a page to Chartist ... more » Monday, February 18
Recognition for a Chartist pub
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mark
on Mon 18 Feb 2008 09:33 GMT
The wonderfully named Land of Liberty, Peace and ... more » Sunday, February 17
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The disappearance of Chartism as a mass movement and bitter
internal battles over the future of the movement dispersed Chartists in all
sorts of directions. But the continuing interest of some in international
politics provided several opportunities for ad hoc radical activities.
It is strange to think that what must have been a very basic
spit-and-sawdust beerhouse when it opened to serve settlers on the Chartist
land colony at O’Connorville back in the 1840s is now considered one of 