Back Issues: 'Tax the wealthy, you fool' : A Depression-era protest
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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. On 22 May 1934, the unemployed and their supporters gathered in Te Marae o Hine/The Square for what became a significant episode in Palmerston North's working-class history. Large crowds were attracted by the presence of Prime Minister George Forbes. Government policy changes that followed this demonstration was claimed by some sections of the Unemployed Workers' Movement as "a great victory".
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- Born digital
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- Manawatū Standard
- Date
- May 20, 2023
- Digitisation id
- 2023Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_041085
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- IMCA Digital Archive
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- Margaret Tennant
- Place
- Palmerston North
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