1. 1381 rebellions 2. 1549 peasant rebellions laid the ground for the Levellers and DIggers. 3. With the defeat of the Commonwealth many groups formed which were to break out in the revolutionary writings of Bunyan 4. Blake and in Captain Swing riots of which many songs predating Tolpuddle. 5. Expansion of the unions in 19thc, the franchise and the Chartists.

Then the development of socialism and the wne unions. 6. The Russian Revolution and the Depression. 7. The defeat of Fascism then post war rebuilding strong unions and public ownership. 8. Late 1970s capital war on unions and entry into EU. Neoliberalism.

Closure of pits and industry and steel. 9. Survival in new ways of unions. Destruction of collective bargaining and final salary pensions and anti union legislation key to neoliberal project. 10. The future. Leaving EU. New chapter opens.