NF

This Is England - review

Tom Jennings — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:20:14 +0000

The Archaeology of Aggro

The latest project from the foremost cinematic chronicler of contemporary Britain is, unexpectedly, a period piece depicting the 1983 rites of passage of 12-year-old Shaun (Tommo Turgoose) finding acceptance among skinhead scoundrels convivial enough to include Milky, a Black lad (Andrew Shim), punks, and even New Romantics.

19. Anti-fascist events where I wasn’t present

Steven. — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:24:07 +0000

Anecdotes from pamphlet Bash the Fash listing other short tales from the struggle against fascism in the UK.

9. Trafalgar Square, London

Steven. — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:29:43 +0000

An account of opposing fascist attacks on the regular anti-apartheid picket outside South Africa House in Trafalgar Square, London, in the 1980s and 1990s.

8. Brick Lane - fascism and anti-fascism, London

Steven. — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:19:38 +0000

An account of running confrontations between fascists and anti-fascists on London's Brick Lane in the 1980s and 1990s.

7. Stratford, London, 1987(?)

Steven. — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:11:33 +0000

I was passing through Stratford one day on my bike when I spotted a man, about 50 years old, putting stickers up on lamp-posts. I went to check them out and discovered they were National Front stickers. In the meantime the man had gone into a little Italian café across the road. I went in too. He was at the counter getting his order.

6. Bury St. Edmunds National Front demonstration, 1986

Steven. — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:09:43 +0000

A short personal account of militant opposition to a fascist National Front demonstration against the local American Nuclear base and against immigration.

4. Maidstone, National Front demonstration 1984

Steven. — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:03:16 +0000

A personal account of opposing a fascist National Front demonstration in Maidstone, Kent, 1984.

1977: The Battle of Lewisham

Steven. — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:33:55 +0000

On August 13 1977, the fascist National Front (NF) tried to march through the multi-racial working class area of Lewisham in South East London. It was a national mobilisation with local NF branches coming from all over Britain. However, a large anti-racist mobilisation turned out to oppose them in what was to become the biggest street battle against the fascists since Cable Street in 1936.