Terence Macswiney: The Hunger Strike That Rocked an Empire 9781847174376, 184717437X

At the end of his court-martial on August 16th, 1920, Terence MacSwiney, the Lord Mayor of Cork, greeted his sentence of

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Terence Macswiney: The Hunger Strike That Rocked an Empire
9781847174376, 184717437X

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In the 1950s and 60s, the Coors dynasty reigned over Golden, Colorado, seemingly invincible. When rumblings about labor

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In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watch

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