Can't pay, won't pay : the fight to stop the poll tax /
Hannah, Simon,
Can't pay, won't pay : the fight to stop the poll tax / Cannot pay, will not pay Simon Hannah. - 172 pages ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168) and index.
Thirty years ago, a social movement helped bring down one of the most powerful British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. For the 30th anniversary of the Poll Tax rebellion, Simon Hannah looks back on those tumultuous days of resistance, telling the story of the people that beat the bailiffs, rioted for their rights and defied a government. Starting in Scotland where the 'Community Charge' was first trialled, Can't Pay, Won't Pay immerses the reader in the gritty history of the rebellion. Amidst the drama of large scale protests and blockaded estates a number of key figures and groups emerge: Neil Kinnock and Tommy Sheridan; Militant, Class War and the Metropolitan Police. Assessing this legacy today, Hannah demonstrates the centrality of the Poll Tax resistance as a key chapter in the history of British popular uprisings, Labour Party factionalism, the anti-socialist agenda and failed Tory ideology. --
0745340857 9780745340852 9780745340814 0745340814
Poll tax--Great Britain
Poll tax--Great Britain.
Protest movements--Great Britain
Capitation--Grande-Bretagne
Contestation--Grande-Bretagne
Politics and government.
Poll tax
Protest movements.
336.250941 / HAN.C
Can't pay, won't pay : the fight to stop the poll tax / Cannot pay, will not pay Simon Hannah. - 172 pages ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168) and index.
Thirty years ago, a social movement helped bring down one of the most powerful British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. For the 30th anniversary of the Poll Tax rebellion, Simon Hannah looks back on those tumultuous days of resistance, telling the story of the people that beat the bailiffs, rioted for their rights and defied a government. Starting in Scotland where the 'Community Charge' was first trialled, Can't Pay, Won't Pay immerses the reader in the gritty history of the rebellion. Amidst the drama of large scale protests and blockaded estates a number of key figures and groups emerge: Neil Kinnock and Tommy Sheridan; Militant, Class War and the Metropolitan Police. Assessing this legacy today, Hannah demonstrates the centrality of the Poll Tax resistance as a key chapter in the history of British popular uprisings, Labour Party factionalism, the anti-socialist agenda and failed Tory ideology. --
0745340857 9780745340852 9780745340814 0745340814
Poll tax--Great Britain
Poll tax--Great Britain.
Protest movements--Great Britain
Capitation--Grande-Bretagne
Contestation--Grande-Bretagne
Politics and government.
Poll tax
Protest movements.
336.250941 / HAN.C