History is made at night
The politics of dancing and musicking and other dark matters
Monday, October 19, 2020
Poll Tax Archive (7): Brixton Prison demo, October 1990
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Seven months after the huge London anti-poll tax demonstration/riot of March 31st 1990, another demo was planned in the capital on 20th Octo...
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
No dancing - the 1918/19 influenza epidemic
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The flu epidemic of 1918-19 killed millions of people around the world, including over 200,000 in the UK. As with the Covid-19 pandemic the...
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Poll Tax Archive (6): Barnet and Edgware Hospital Workers against the Poll Tax
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Here is an example of some workplace organising against the poll tax in the NHS. 'Edgware Nurses Against Poll Tax' - I believe...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Datacide #18 Launch Event
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This Friday 21 February sees the London launch event for Datacide magazine, issue number 18. The event at Ridley Road Social Club E8 ...
Monday, February 17, 2020
Poll Tax Archive (5): Trafalgar Square Defendants Campaign
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In the aftermath of the London poll tax demonstration and riot on 31 March 1990, the Trafalgar Square Defendants Campaign to ‘Unconditional...
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Poll Tax Archive (4): Prisoners Support Conference, Birmingham 1991
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This flyer is for a poll-tax prisoners national solidarity conference held in Birmingham in October 1991, with the stated aims being: to la...
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Poll Tax Archive (3): Community Resistance Against the Poll Tax
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'Pay no poll tax' posters like this one graced many a window during the anti-poll tax movement. This particular one was produced in...
Friday, February 14, 2020
Poll Tax Archive (2): St Valentines Day 1991 - Massacre the poll tax (in Lambeth)
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Next up in the Poll Tax Archive, a leaflet from early 1991 giving advice to people being taken to court by Lambeth Council for non-payment....
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Poll Tax Archive (1): North Middlesex Hospital Anti-Poll Tax News 1990
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It is now 30 years since the high point of the movement against the poll tax. The 'community charge', as it was officially called,...
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