Motivation for the uprising

The question of what motivated local people to follow Courtenay and join in the uprising is discussed here by Derek Bright, who looks in particular at the history of other protests against economic conditions in the local area in the years before Courtenay arrived on the scene. 

https://www.facebook.com/259619805126/posts/shifting-the-focus-of-popular-accounts-of-the-dunkirk-uprisingthe-convenient-pre/10153888305495127