Standing up to oppression takes immense courage because you can risk your life and be hung like Thomas Baker, and other brave people. In the Middle Ages, John Ball, Thomas Baker and other people thought that they deserved more freedom and rights in life so the people joined together to overthrow the king. Thomas Baker, a baker was really mad because of the new poll tax created by King Richard 2 so he said something like "Why should I pay you? It's time that I should be treated better." and he was the one who actually started the Peasant Revolt in 1381. It must have took him immense amount of courage to stand up against the king and to risk his life but he is remembered as a "notable". For a modern day example would be Spanish workers standing up against the new government's cutbacks and attack on rights. The law that the new government created allowed employers to have huge power and to release employers at a low cost. So millions of people started to protest on the streets and created a demonstration which drew large support from the young people. They were successful and managed to let the government consider the demands of the people and the strengths of the workers.
http://www.ituc-csi.org/spanish-workers-stand-up-against.html?lang=en
