2021 - Conservative party conference
The People’s Assembly march against the incumbent political party began at Whitworth Park, on Oxford Road, and made its way through the city before finishing at the Manchester Central Convention centre. They were calling for various reforms, including to social care and policing.
2021 - The People’s Assembly march against the Conservative party conference MCCC
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Other stops on this audio tour:
2024 - (race) riots - Holiday Inn (0:53 min) • 1779 - Luddite movement - Beswick Street (0:54 min) • 1990 - Strange ways prison riot (0:56 min) • 1931 - The Battle of Bexley Square (0:55 min) • 1867 - First permanent women’s suffrage society - Jackson's Row (0:35 min) • 1903 - Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) - Free Trade Hall (0:53 min) • 1819 - Peterloo Massacre - St Peter's Square (0:57 min) • 1913 - Suffragettes attack on Manchester Art Gallery (0:44 min) • 1988 - Section 28 protests - Albert Square (0:54 min) • 1821 - Manchester Guardian - Market Street (0:51 min) • 2020 - George Floyd protests - Piccadilly Gardens (0:46 min) • 1981 - Moss Side riots - Moss Side Police Station (0:56 min) • Whitworth Park • Pankhurst Centre (0:59 min)
