Street art · London

Poplar Rates Rebellion

Real OG energy: this East London mural immortalizes the 1921 Poplar Rates Rebellion, when councilors literally marched to jail rather than screw over the poor. Local hero flex, decades before "eat the rich" was a hashtag.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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