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Radical Lambeth 1978-1991

Radical Lambeth 1978-1991 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Simon HannahPublish date:2021-07-15Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Breviary Stuff PublicationsISBN-13:9781916158634ISBN-10:1916158633UPC:9781916158634Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Social History, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Great Britain, DemocracySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC5BSGK7NP

In the 1980s Lambeth was synonymous with rebel Labour councillors and featured regularly in national newspaper headlines for its protests, its squatting, and its resistance to and defiance of central government. From the Town Hall to the front line of Railton Road it confronted racism in the police, the Poll Tax, the Gulf War, and the nascent Thatcherism of the Conservative government. It was a site of overlapping resistance from trade unionists, black residents, the LGBTQ community, and other local people.


Condemned in the press as a 'loony left' borough, Lambeth was at the heart of the struggle against the Conservative agenda in the capital. This was a fight for municipal socialism, for solidarity with causes both at home and abroad, and against the crisis of inner city urban life in a decade dominated by greed is good capitalism at the expense of working people.


Drawing on first-hand accounts from those involved, this book tells the story of Radical Lambeth, an inner London community that fought back.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Breviary Stuff PublicationsISBN-13:9781916158634ISBN-10:1916158633UPC:9781916158634Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Social History, Political IdeologiesBook Topic:Great Britain, DemocracySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SC5BSGK7NP
Hannah, Simon: - Simon Hannah is a socialist living in South London and working in Lambeth. He is a trade unionist and occasional writer, often found frequenting the pubs south of the Thames.
Publisher: Breviary Stuff Publications

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