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Bent Architect are not a left-wing theatre group in the traditional sense.
But with England, Arise! they have produced one of the few dramas this year which challenges the government’s propaganda about the first world war.
It is the story of the people who refused to be conscripted into the army in 1916 and the communities that supported them.
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From hunting rare pamphlets at book sales to online panels and courses on trade unionism and class politics, the MML continues connecting archive treasures with the movements fighting for a better world, writes director MEIRIAN JUMP