Working Class
The Fight for Scottish Democracy Rebellion and Reform in 1820
Author / Creator: Murray Armstrong
Media type: Book
Date published: 2020
Three Scottish weavers, James Wilson, Andrew Hardie and John Baird, were hanged and beheaded for high treason in the summer of 1820. Nineteen more men were transported to the penal colony of Botany Bay. Their crime? To have taken up arms against a corrupt and nepotistic parliament, and the aristocratic government that refused to reform it.
Housing Struggles Made the Scottish Working Class
Author / Creator: Aaron Sheridan
Media type: Article
Date published: 2021
Only struggle can advance housing rights, as the history of social class and housing in Scotland shows.