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OUR LIVING HISTORY DAY-SCHOOLS

Our living history is in danger of being forgotten. These informative, informal day-schools will not be dry lectures, but engaging and exciting discussions about stimulating and often little known parts of our history. They will seek to inspire and all will be led by trade unionists who are also experts in these areas and many will use film and multimedia. The tradition of Sunday schools for early trade unionists and socialists was an important one and we are rekindling this tradition again in the perfectly relaxed and comfortable setting of our very own Quorn Grange Hotel. Attendees have the option of greatly discounted overnight stays at Quorn Grange Hotel.

EA67 Gerard Winstanley and The Diggers

EA66 The Derby Silk Mill Lockout

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The earth is a common treasury for all to share. This was the shared view of generations of progressive people long before the Industrial Revolution. In the mid seventeenth century a group known as The Diggers, led by Gerard Winstanley took matters into their own hands and sought to take ownership of the people’s common lands and defy the landlords and land grabbers. This day-school led by GMB National Officer John Callow will show a moving film about Winstanley and the Diggers and discuss their work and writings and its great relevance still.

A sometimes neglected but extremely important dispute in the history of building our trade union movement, brought vividly alive to recall and reflect on the importance of solidarity today.

EA62 The Peasant Revolts of 1549

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People have heard of John Ball and the 1381 peasant revolts, but not so many of heard of the even larger and more momentous revolts led by Robert Kett in 1549 that represented some of the first demands for a more egalitarian and democratic society and created a bridge between the earlier period and the later formation of the Levellers and the Diggers.

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