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Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival

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The Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally is an annual festival held the village of Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, which celebrates the memory of the Tolpuddle Martyrs. [1]

24 relations: Billy Bragg, Church of Saint John, Tolpuddle, Colombia, David Rovics, Dennis Skinner, Dick Gaughan, Dorset, Durham Miners' Gala, England, Estelle Morris, Iraq, Jeremy Corbyn, Jim Knight, Labour festival, Leader of the Labour Party (UK), National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers, Tolpuddle, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Tony Benn, Trade union, Trades Union Congress, UK Youth Parliament, Unite the Union, Workers Beer Company.

Billy Bragg

Stephen William "Billy" Bragg (born 20 December 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and left-wing political activist.

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Church of Saint John, Tolpuddle

The Church of Saint John the Evangelist is a Church of England parish church in Tolpuddle, Dorset.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.

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David Rovics

David Rovics (born April 10, 1967) is an American indie singer/songwriter and anarchist.

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Dennis Skinner

Dennis Edward Skinner (born 11 February 1932) is a British politician of the Labour Party serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover since 1970.

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Dick Gaughan

Richard Peter Gaughan (born 17 May 1948 in Glasgow) is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter, particularly of folk and social protest songs.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast.

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Durham Miners' Gala

The Durham Miners' Gala is a large annual gathering held on the second Saturday in July in the city of Durham, England.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Estelle Morris

Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley, PC (born 17 June 1952) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley from 1992 to 2005, and served briefly in the Cabinet as Education Secretary.

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Iraq

Iraq (or; العراق; عێراق), officially known as the Republic of Iraq (جُمُهورية العِراق; کۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.

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Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (born 26 May 1949).

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Jim Knight

James Philip Knight, Baron Knight of Weymouth, (born 6 March 1965) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset from 2001 until 2010, when he lost his seat.

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Labour festival

A labour festival (labor festival, US) is a festival related to the labour movement usually occurring annually.

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Leader of the Labour Party (UK)

The Leader of the Labour Party is the most senior political figure within the Labour Party in the United Kingdom.

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National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers

The National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUAW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1906 and 1982.

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Tolpuddle

Tolpuddle is a village in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle east of Dorchester, the county town, and west of Poole.

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Tolpuddle Martyrs

The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of six 19th-century Dorset agricultural labourers who were arrested for and convicted of swearing a secret oath as members of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers.

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Tony Benn

Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), originally known as Anthony Wedgwood Benn, but later as Tony Benn, was a British politician, writer, and diarist.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Trades Union Congress

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales, representing the majority of trade unions.

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UK Youth Parliament

The UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) is a youth organisation in the United Kingdom, consisting of democratically elected members aged between 11 and 18.

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Unite the Union

Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union.

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Workers Beer Company

The Workers Beer Company (WBC) is a trading arm of BWTUC (Trading) Ltd and is a British-Irish business that provides mass catering to bars at music festivals in the UK and Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs'_Festival

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