Editing Merthyr Rising (section)

{{Short description|Violent labour protest in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales}}
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| caption      = Illustration by [[Hablot Knight Browne]] depicting people raising a [[red flag (politics)|red flag]] during the Merthyr Rising of 1831
| date         = June 1831
| place        = [[Merthyr Tydfil]], Wales
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[[File:Merthyr Tydfil Red Flag Graffiti.jpg|Graffiti in Merthyr Tydfil showing a person raising a red flag|thumb]]
The '''Merthyr Rising''', also referred to as the '''Merthyr Riots''',<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://journals.library.wales/view/1277425/1281257/21#?xywh=-2480%2C-16%2C8144%2C4193 |title=The Merthyr Riots: Settling the Account |journal=National Library of Wales Journal |year=1959 |author=Gwyn A Williams|volume=XI |number=2 |access-date=2021-08-12 |pages=124}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/f762c322-53c1-377b-ba9d-95d332a6b7bc |title=A history of Welsh protest |author=[[Phil Carradice]] |website=BBC Blogs - Wales |date=25 November 2011}}</ref> of 1831 was the violent climax to many years of simmering unrest among the large [[working class]] population of [[Merthyr Tydfil]] in [[Wales]] and the surrounding area. The Rising marked the first time the [[red flag (politics)|red flag]] was used a symbol of working class rebellion in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |date=31 March 2015 |title=1831: the Merthyr Rising and Dic Penderyn |url=https://libcom.org/history/1831-merthyr-rising-dic-penderyn|author-last=Reddebrek |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=LibCom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2 June 2020 |title= The Merthyr Rising 1831: rage, rebellion and the red flag |url=https://www.marxist.com/the-merthyr-rising-1831-rage-rebellion-and-the-red-flag.htm|author-last=Attard |author-first=Joe |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=International Marxist Tendency}}</ref>