Anarchists against World War I: two little known events - Abertillery and Stockport
A short account of little known episodes in the history of anarchist opposition to World War One
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A short account of little known episodes in the history of anarchist opposition to World War One
Robert Owen nearly didn't make it to adulthood. In the late 18th century the youngster almost died when he ate a spoonful of scalding hot flummery, and on another occasion was forced to flee from the path of an oncoming wagon pulled by a cream coloured mare as he crossed the wooden bridge over the Severn in Newtown. During an age in which young people were seemingly perennially imperilled, either incident might have deprived the world of a social reformer, one of the architects of the cooperative movement, of an engineer of workers' rights and a socialist figurehead. This Friday, May ...
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