Can't pay, won't pay : the fight to stop the poll tax

Can't pay, won't pay : the fight to stop the poll tax /

Thirty years ago, a social movement helped bring down one of the most powerful British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. For the 30th anniversary of the Poll Tax rebellion, Simon Hannah looks back on those tumultuous days of resistance, telling the story of the people that beat the bailiffs, riot...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Hannah, Simon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2020
Subjects:
Poll tax > Great Britain.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 A Brief History of Tax Resistance and Revolutions
  • 2 Why a Poll Tax?
  • 3 Scotland
  • 4 Debates Over Strategy
  • 5 The Resistance Begins
  • 6 The Battle of Trafalgar (Square)
  • 7 A Ragtag Army
  • 8 Endgame
  • 9 Social Movements, Class and Strategy
  • Conclusion: A System Shaken or Broken?
  • Notes
  • Index

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