When State Meets Crowd: Peterloo, Dublin’s Bloody Sunday and South Yorkshire’s Orgreave

from The Proper British History Podcast: Kings, Queens, Wars, Empire, Politics, Revolutions, Royalty and the Historical Great Britain · host Podily

This episode examines three incidents where the British state used force against crowds – Manchester’s Peterloo massacre in 1819, Dublin’s Bloody Sunday in 1920, and South Yorkshire’s Orgreave police raid in 1984 – probing how each was legally justified, reported, and subsequently remembered. It looks at how law, media, and memory intersected to shape the legacy of these confrontations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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