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Riot in St. Pauls, Bristol, 1980

Expansive overview and analysis of the early 1980s strikes and riots in the UK.

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Text here tided up + images and PDF version added, April 2022. (NB the PDF is courtesy of the comrades at Sparrows Nest Archive and unfortunately has pages 37 and 38 missing).

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organized-1-20.pdf (28.7 MB)

organized-21-40.pdf (31.45 MB)

organized-41-58.pdf (25.76 MB)

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