Manchester is where the Industrial Revolution was born. It's also where Marx & Engels lived & coined the term 'proletariat.' NPR looks at the origins of an idea every politician has sought to co-opt.

British forces charge crowds during bread riots in Manchester, England, in 1819. The event became known as the Peterloo Massacre, when troops were ordered to disperse the crowds. (Rischgitz | Getty ...

A mural depicting a town's history and participation in the Peterloo Massacre has been vandalised in a bizarre attack. The 40-metre-long artwork is in Middleton. But one day this week the face of a ...

As politicians worldwide scramble to appeal to working people, this city in northern England has a claim to be the birthplace of the very concept... One city prides itself as the cradle of the working ...

MANCHESTER, England — In the center of this industrial city in northern England, a memorial commemorates protesters killed here at a demonstration for workers' rights in 1819, in what became known as ...