Open AccessThe Trial of Thomas Hardy
Author(s) -
Ian Angus
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
monthly review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.559
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 0027-0520
DOI - 10.14452/mr-071-06-2019-10_3
Subject(s) - victory , acquittal , democracy , state (computer science) , law , history , political science , law and economics , political economy , sociology , politics , computer science , algorithm
November 5, 2019, is the 225th anniversary of the acquittal of Thomas Hardy on charges of High Treason. Hardy is nearly forgotten today, but for decades workers and democrats in England celebrated November 5 as the anniversary of a major victory, a triumph over a powerful state that had deployed immense resources to crush working-class organizations and suppress popular demands for democratic rights.