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Eric · 20-08-2009, 21:39

A hundred years after Peterloo, there was a general strike in Winnipeg, Manitoba (or Winterpeg, Manisnowba, for those familiar with its notorious climate) .... the Royal North West Mounted Police (now the RCMP) were called in to break up the strike .... many strikers were injured and one was killed .... didn't come very far in a hundred years did we ....

20-08-2009, 21:39	#11
Eric God Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kingston, Ontario, Canada Posts: 9,290 Liked: 2347 times Rep Power: 58528	Re: 190 years since Peterloo A hundred years after Peterloo, there was a general strike in Winnipeg, Manitoba (or Winterpeg, Manisnowba, for those familiar with its notorious climate) .... the Royal North West Mounted Police (now the RCMP) were called in to break up the strike .... many strikers were injured and one was killed .... didn't come very far in a hundred years did we ....