Jarrow crusade: 80 years on the marchers’ message about unemployment and anonymity still resonates
Jarrow crusade: 80 years on the marchers’ message about unemployment and anonymity still resonates: On October 5 1936, 200 unemployed men from Jarrow in north-east England set out for London carrying a petition asking for work to be brought to their town. Their march, which took just under a month, has become a historic landmark …