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80 years on, why fight for civil liberties goes on: Liberty's forerunner founded in wake of bloody scenes in Trafalgar Square
2014
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The signatories raised fears that a similar bloody reception was being prepared by the Metropolitan police for the next national hunger march to arrive in the capital. The letter was signed by HG Wells, Vera Brittain, Dr Edith Summerskill, Clement Atlee, Professor Harold Laski and a further nine of the most prominent supporters of the Council for Civil Liberties. They promised to \"maintain a vigilant observation\" of the treatment of the hunger marchers by acting as responsible and neutral legal observers. \"In view of the general and alarming tendency to encroachment on the liberty of the citizen, there has recently been formed a Council for Civil Liberties,\" they announced in their letter. \"Relevant and well-authenticated reports by responsible persons will be welcomed and investigated by the council,\" the letter promised. On [Ronald Kidd]'s death in 1942, [Forster] wrote a tribute to him which is carved on a plaque that still hangs in Liberty's offices: \"Passionate in his hatred of injustice, wise in judgment, fearless in action, he championed the liberties of the people in the fight that is never done,\" it reads.
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Guardian News & Media Limited
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