Tuesday, December 20, 2022

The Ambulance dispute 1989/90 - 'Now the police won't just put you in hospital, they'll drive you there too'

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The 1989-90 ambulance workers' fight for a decent pay rise started out with an overtime ban in September 1989 and was escalated to refus...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Socialism through Oi? - music and politics 1982

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From Socialist Worker (9 January 1982), Chris Moore looks ahead to a year in music (Moore was in the Socialist Workers Party and wrote for N...
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Poll Tax Archive (8): The Poll Tax Amnesty Demonstration, October 1991

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The Poll Tax Amnesty demonstration took place in London on 19th October 1991 and was I believe the last of the national poll tax demonstrati...
Friday, December 02, 2022

'The fight is for life!' - protests against Italian anti-rave law

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The far right Italian government is planning to bring in a new law against raves. The law was announced following the recent closing down of...
Monday, November 28, 2022

London queercore 1995: Vaseline, Up to the Elbow, Sick of it All

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'Vaseline zine' started out in 1995 'for gay people who love indie and alternative music and want to rage against the scene'...
Monday, November 21, 2022

Skins and Scum: Rene Matić and Simeon Barclay at South London Gallery

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Rene Matić's exhibition 'upon this rock' at the South London Gallery features their very moving film 'Many Rivers' about...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

Suzi Quatro and AC/DC: punk rockers in Australia 1974/75

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I don't think anyone who knows 1970s UK pop culture would argue with the fact that Suzi Quatro was one of the leather clad pop rockers w...