John Maclean, who opposed World War I.
John Maclean was a schoolteacher from Glasgow.
The bosses and the judges united as one man,
For Johnny was a menace to their '14 — '18 plan,
They wanted men for slaughter in the fields of Armentières,
John called upon the people to smash the profiteers
They brought him to the courtroom in Edinburgh town,
But still he did not cower, he firmly held his ground,
And stoutly he defended, his every word and deed,
Five years it was his sentence in the jail at Peterhead.
For Johnny was a menace to their '14 — '18 plan,
They wanted men for slaughter in the fields of Armentières,
John called upon the people to smash the profiteers
They brought him to the courtroom in Edinburgh town,
But still he did not cower, he firmly held his ground,
And stoutly he defended, his every word and deed,
Five years it was his sentence in the jail at Peterhead.
- Matt McGinn, Ballad of John Maclean, 1965.
1920, Great western Road, Glasgow.
Glasgow was the Second City of the British Empire.
Glasgow 1977
Glaswegians.
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Old Glasgow
Glasgow Slums, by David Peat
Glasgow's Airport 1954
Glasgow slums.
Glasgow by David Peat.
Glasgow Gorbals 1968
Glasgow, by Morton Gillespie.
Glasgow, Maryhill
Glasgow Gorbals, by David Newell-Smith
Glasgow 1893.
Tanks in Glasgow, in 1919, ready to shoot the people.
How vicious are the ruling elite?
"In 1919 Glasgow's engineering unions called for a general strike starting on 27 January in support of the demand for a 40-hour working week...
"The Government sent English troops to Glasgow...
"Six tanks and 100 motor lorries accompanied the troops, and they were sent to strategic points across the city on 1 February in a calculated show of force."
- I Belong To Glasgow: Bloody Friday
The British military were prepared to shoot the people.
"Soldiers armed with machine guns, tanks and a howitzer arrived on the Friday night and Saturday to occupy Glasgow's streets.
"A 4.5 inch Howitzer was positioned at the City Chambers, the cattle market was transformed into a tank depot, Lewis Guns were posted on the top of the North British Hotel and the General Post Office, armed troops stood sentry outside power stations, docks and patrolled the streets."
- Battle of George Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
People got hurt.
"The seriousness of the government's intent can be gauged from Regulation 965 about how to deal with 'civil unrest': 'It is undesirable that firing should take place over the heads of the rioters or that blank ammunition should be used.'" - BBC NEWS.
BBC iPlayer - Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain: Having a Ball.
The people of Glasgow wanted better conditions. http://ift.tt/2oSmOrb
Tanks in Glasgow, in 1919, ready to shoot the people.
How vicious are the ruling elite?
"In 1919 Glasgow's engineering unions called for a general strike starting on 27 January in support of the demand for a 40-hour working week...
"The Government sent English troops to Glasgow...
"Six tanks and 100 motor lorries accompanied the troops, and they were sent to strategic points across the city on 1 February in a calculated show of force."
- I Belong To Glasgow: Bloody Friday
The British military were prepared to shoot the people.
"Soldiers armed with machine guns, tanks and a howitzer arrived on the Friday night and Saturday to occupy Glasgow's streets.
"A 4.5 inch Howitzer was positioned at the City Chambers, the cattle market was transformed into a tank depot, Lewis Guns were posted on the top of the North British Hotel and the General Post Office, armed troops stood sentry outside power stations, docks and patrolled the streets."
- Battle of George Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
People got hurt.
"The seriousness of the government's intent can be gauged from Regulation 965 about how to deal with 'civil unrest': 'It is undesirable that firing should take place over the heads of the rioters or that blank ammunition should be used.'" - BBC NEWS.
BBC iPlayer - Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain: Having a Ball.
The people of Glasgow wanted better conditions. http://ift.tt/2oSmOrb