Rioting or Protesting? Losing It or Finding It?

Chapeltown News

Chapeltown News

Reflections on the 1975 Chapeltown riot by Max Farrar. The author was arrested for threatening behaviour, assaulting a policeman, incitement to riot and affray, although acquitted after a six week trial.

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