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The History of the Bread Riot, Part 1

It Could Happen Here

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Bread - It's All, All, Its All

Protestors did not rampage indiscriminately, but focused their wrath particular individuals and institutions whom the crowd held responsible for unjust practices. Textile workers in 17 70, reams seized the towns markets proceeded to sell all the grain in the market at three quarters of the current price. They then turned their attention to the granaries of numerous religious houses, which they treated in a similar fash. And this isa ono in some instance like this, this is a demonstration of the kind f, like, basic contradiction of the market, right?

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