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SUMMARY:30 Years Since Poll Tax Non-Payment Brought Down Thatcher - Leeds Socialists
DESCRIPTION:30 years ago\, the Iron Lady\, Margaret Thatcher\, was reduced to ‘iron filings’ by the 18 million strong mass non-payment movement of the poll tax. Even sleepy traditional Tory towns had hundreds strong demonstrations outside courthouses to defend non-payers\, and resist them being sent to jail.\nEric Segal\, whose new book on the struggle against the Poll Tax was published earlier this year\, was a leading figure in the anti-poll tax movement\, Secretary of the Kent Anti-Poll Tax Federation\, and was one of the several hundred people who were jailed for non-payment of the Poll Tax\, will be our speaker and discuss the lessons of the battle against the poll tax for today. \nMeeting taking place via Zoom – please message Leeds Socialists for the code and any assistance needed \nCouldn’t Pay\, Wouldn’t Pay\, Didn’t Pay – is available from leftbooks.co.uk – http://leftbooks.co.uk/Couldnt-Pay \n
URL:https://leedsforchange.org.uk/event/30-years-since-poll-tax-non-payment-brought-down-thatcher-leeds-socialists/
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