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SUMMARY:Blacklisting talk\, Chippenham
DESCRIPTION:The Thomas Helliker lecture \nA day of discussion about Civil Liberties \nSpeakers include leading authors\, journalists\, campaigners\, union activists. \nAmong the speakers is Phil Chamberlain\, co-author of the explosive Blacklisted book that uncovers illegal collusion between construction firms and police to prevent politically active workers from finding employment. with the book recently published in a vastly expanded second edition\, Phil will tell the full shocking story of co-ordinated repression\, depriving ordinary people of one of the fundamentals of life simply for exercising their democratic rights. \nAlso speaking are: \nW Stephen Gilbert – Jeremy Corbyn: Accidental Hero\nRay Packham – Working in and for Palestine\nPaul Dobson – Venezuela: the truth behind the headlines \nFREE ENTRY \nOrganised by the White Horse Trades Union Council \nIn memory of Thomas Helliker\, the Trowbridge Martyr 1784–1803 \nThe anniversary of Helliker’s death\, March 22nd\, is celebrated each year by a wreath laying at St James Church in Trowbridge. White Horse ( Wilts) trades council is now also reviving the practice of holding a memorial lecture each year. \nThomas Helliker is an important figure in Wiltshire and working class history. In the early nineteenth century the introduction of machinery into the woollen trade impoverished thousands of workers; the best organized of the dispossessed workers\, and the most opposed to mechanization were the shearmen. Littleton Mill near Semington was allegedly burnt down by a shearman in 1803. For his supposed part in this\, a young Trowbridge apprentice\, Thomas Helliker was hanged in 1803. Despite Helliker having an alibi from his friend Joseph Warren he was charged and lodged in Salisbury gaol. He refused to give evidence that would clear his name because it would have incriminated the real culprits. \nShare this:FacebookTwitterTumblrEmailMoreLinkedInRedditPinterestPocketPrint
URL:http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/event/blacklisting-talk-chippenham/
LOCATION:The Cause\, 42 The Causeway\, Chippenham\, Wiltshire\, SN15 3DD
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