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On this day in 1819, families came out in Manchester to demand the vote. They brought banners and bunting. The state brought weapons and death. The press called it Peterloo. A dark joke about Waterloo. The government panicked. They passed the Six Acts to ban mass meetings and shut down radical papers. Sounding familiar? Today, we've got the Public Order Act. Stop and search. Arrests for "slow walking." 4,000 police are sent to Palestine protests. Same old story - when people rise up, the state clamps down. They want us arguing amongst ourselves so we don't notice who's really running things. #Peterloo #16August1819 #RightToProtest #PublicOrderAct #FreePalestine #WorkingClassHistory