Monday 6th October 5.30pm Geoff Brown, a People’s History of the Anti-Nazi League
A People’s History of the Anti Nazi League
Written as a total history, from below and from above, using interviews, archives and private collections, the book covers the prehistory of the ANL, its formation as a united front, the ANL’s relationship to its sister organisation, Rock against Racism, the origins and impact of the April 1978 Carnival against the Nazis, turning the ANL into a mass organisation with a presence in schools, colleges, workplaces, unions, challenging every manifestation of a fascist presence. This included the campaign to reduce the fascist profile in the media, ‘the Battle of Brick Lane’, the struggle to win significant Jewish support, the general election of 1979, concluding with the Leeds Carnival against Racism and the anti police riots of July 1981.
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