The atrocities in the Congo Free State – the private kingdom ruled by the Belgian monarch Leopold II – gave rise to an international humanitarian campaign, with Britain as a particular hub of activ
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2 October 1906
8 October 1909
On 9 October 1909 four women were sent to jail for breaking three plate glass windows in Newcastle Liberal Club.
8 October 1909
In 1909 the women of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) who had been imprisoned for damaging property went on hunger strike when their request to be treated as political prisoners was re
9 October 1909
In October 1909, Chancellor David Lloyd George visited Palace Theatre in Haymarket, Newcastle, presumably in support of his "People's Budget".
9 October 1909
In 1909 the women of the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) who had been imprisoned for damaging property went on hunger strike when their request to be treated as political prisoners was re
1 January 1911 to 31 December 1917
The development of socialism and socialist parties in the North East matched the remainder of the country.
17 March 1911
The first meeting of Newcastle’s Clarion Drama Club took place on 17 March 1911.
17 March 1911
The first meeting of Newcastle's Clarion Drama Club took place on 17 March 1911.
28 July 1917
On 28 July 1917, up to 100 people assembled in the old Town Hall opposite St Nicholas Cathedral for the first meeting of the local Workers' and Soldiers' Council to discuss the revolutionary moveme
1 January 1918
18 Clayton Street was the address of the William Morris Club in 1918. Further details are needed.