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NELH Tuesday Meeting, Tyneside Irish Centre: Dr Katherine Connelly will present: ‘Who stopped the War? Women and the Jolly George’
NELH Tuesday Meeting, Tyneside Irish Centre: Dr Katherine Connelly will present: ‘Who stopped the War? Women and the Jolly George’
On 10 May 1920, East London dockers made history when they refused to load the Jolly George ship with munitions that were intended to be used against the Bolsheviks in Russia. Their action precipitated a wave of working-class support that effectively forced the British government to abandon their war plans. It has remained a beacon […]