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Labour party and Trades Union Council stage Hyde Park rally

George Lansbury at Hyde Park - Feb 1933: The Labour Party and the Trades Union Council organize huge rally. Shows Piccadilly, London packed with people as they walk to Hyde Park with Labour banners. George Lansbury leads crowd then gives speech " Friends, if you don't learn the lesson that gold or no gold, paper or buttons, none of these things matter. What really matters is who controls industry and the results of industry. You don't make wealth by passing bits of paper to one another...marching to build Jerusalem in England's green and pleasant land". Large banner says 'Unemployed Association - we demand work or maintenance' followed by police on horseback. Large crowd in Hyde Park sing 'Keep the Red Flag flying' as Lansbury sings along.
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