New Historical Express

Category: 1981 riots

1981 riots, 2011 riots, Bristol, British History, Police violence, Public order issues, Riots

Will history absolve the Bristol protestors?
1981 riots, anti-fascism, Anti-racism, Black power, British ‘race relations’, British far left, Communist Party of Great Britain, Contemporary history, Darcus Howe, IS/SWP, Margaret Thatcher, Marxism, Marxism Today, protest, Public order issues, Race Today, Riots, Thatcherism

Race, class and black rebellion in Britain, 1976-1981
1981 riots, 2011 riots, Announcements, Books, Contemporary history, Criminology, Journal articles, Police violence, Policing history, Public order issues, Public service announcements, Racial discrimination

New edited book on 2011 UK riots: ‘Reading the Riot Act’
1981 riots, 1985 riots, Archives, British ‘race relations’, British far left, British History, Contemporary history, Crime, Criminal justice system, Criminology, Drugs, Handsworth, Hartley Booth, Law & order, Margaret Thatcher, National Archives (UK), Northern Ireland, Police violence, Policing history, protest, Public order issues, Racial discrimination, Thatcherism

New archival documents reveal potential dangers of Thatcher’s advisers on policing and community relations issues
1981 riots, 2011 riots, Austerity, British ‘race relations’, British far left, British History, Contemporary history, Elections, Entryism, Jeremy Corbyn, Journal articles, Law & order, Margaret Thatcher, Marxism, Police violence, Policing history, protest, Public order issues, Racial discrimination, SDP, Thatcherism, UK Labour Party, Unemployment

2011 was not 1981. And 2015 is not 1983.
1981 riots, Anti-colonialism, anti-fascism, Anti-Nazi League, Anti-racism, Antonio Gramsci, Asian Youth Movement, Books, British ‘race relations’, British far left, British History, British Road to Socialism, Communist Party of Great Britain, Contemporary history, Eurocommunism, Grunwick, Marxism, Marxism Today, National Front, New Left, New Times, Race Today, Racial discrimination, Racist violence, Research, Right-wing extremism/radicalism, Right-wing populism, Riots, Rock Against Racism, Southall 1979, Trade unions, TUC, Ugandan Asians, Young Communist League

The role of the Communist Party in the British anti-racist movement
1981 riots, Anti-racism, Bristol, British ‘race relations’, British far left, British History, Colonial/Postcolonial History, Communist Party of Great Britain, Contemporary history, Criminology, Law & order, Marxism, Marxism Today, Police violence, Policing history, Profiling, protest, Protest laws, Public order issues, Racial discrimination, Racist violence, Riots, Scarman Report, Southall, Southall 1979, Stuart Hall, Thatcherism, Tories, Uncategorized, Young Communist League, Youth culture

The Communist Party and the 1981 riots
1981 riots, Announcements, Anti-racism, Archives, British ‘race relations’, British far left, British History, Contemporary history, Criminology, Handsworth, Law & order, Legislation, Margaret Thatcher, MI5, National Archives (UK), Police violence, Policing history, protest, Protest laws, Public order issues, Racial discrimination, Racist violence, Riots, Scarman Report, Security services (UK), Thatcherism, Tories

From the newly released NA papers: Thatcher, riots and the aftermath of Scarman in the early 1980s