1381 - Peasants of the world unite!

The 1381 Peasants’ Revolt
Shook the feudal system, already weak
After the Black Death. With the poll tax jolt
Caused by Edward III’s war, now the creak
In the old system was a crack. We seek
Equality today, as they did then
In the 1980s, once more it shook
The modern state, with riots in London
Against a new poll tax, and soon undone
Were more harsh revenue raising plans. Fault
Found with arrogant government. So speak
And we will be heard. Richard II,
The boy king, promised change, then called a halt
But change was due, despite royal mystique