In: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
By 1976, the National Front had become the fourth largest party in Britain. In a context of national decline, racism and fears that the country was collapsing into social unrest, the Front won 19 per cent of the vote in elections in Leicester and 100,000 votes in London. In response, an anti-fascist campaign was born, which combined mass action to deprive the Front of public platforms with a mass cultural movement. Rock Against Racism brought punk and reggae bands together as a weapon against the right. At Lewisham in August 1977, fighting between the far right and its opponents saw two hundred people arrested and fifty policemen injured. The press urged the state to ban two rival sets of dangerous extremists. But as the papers took sides, so did many others who determined to oppose the Front. Through the Anti-Nazi League hundreds of thousands of people painted out racist graffiti, distributed leaflets and persuaded those around them to vote against the right. This combined movement was one of the biggest mass campaigns that Britain has ever seen. This book tells the story of the National Front and the campaign which stopped it.
In: Routledge studies in fascism and the far right
In: Fascism and the far right series
In England, dreaming -- A history of coups and expulsions -- The other young believers -- Reggae, soul, rock n: roll -- Lewisham -- Even God has joined the Anti-Nazi League -- We got high, we touched the sky -- Southall -- Keeping on keeping on -- Conclusion.
In: Routledge studies in fascism and the far right series
In: Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right Ser
Cover -- Praise -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Notes -- Chapter 1: In England, dreaming -- The absence of empire and the memory of war -- Ruining the government's plan -- Because you were there -- Notes -- Chapter 2: A history of coups and expulsions -- Oswald Mosley and the English voodoo -- The loved and hated leader -- Kicking their way into the headlines -- Opportunities, modernisation -- Red Lion Square -- Populists, Strasserites -- Racism: state and popular -- Notes -- Chapter 3: The other young believers -- Dreamers and practical people -- The second generation -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Reggae, soul, rock 'n' roll -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Lewisham -- The police against black youth -- The sky darkened -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Even God has joined the Anti-Nazi League -- The first squaddists -- Plans to Hyde -- Naming the Front Nazis -- Workers against the Nazis -- University, schools, football -- Campaign - or front? -- Notes -- Chapter 7: We got high, we touched the sky -- Whose Carnival? -- Storming sexism -- Nazi funk -- Carnival two -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Southall -- The kids are innocent -- Blair Peach -- The justice campaign -- The Cass Report -- Shaping the memory of the events -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Keeping on keeping on -- Rock Against the Tories -- Those born later -- Squaddism -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
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