1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,920 Hold up! 4 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,160 Skinheads! Skinheads! Skinheads! 5 00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:10,760 - We support the National Front. - Why? 6 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,520 - They are not English. - They don't belong here! 7 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,920 It is a cultural campaign. 8 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,640 We as an organization are against it all forms of racism in England. 9 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,280 We don't just fight against the National Front- 10 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,200 - but also universal racism in Great Britain. 11 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:48,160 do you wish that our country must be occupied- 12 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,600 - of a lot khaki cheaters? 13 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:21,320 THIS IS OUR COUNTRY LET'S TAKE IT BACK 14 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:16,240 Save Saunders Founder of Rock Against Racism 15 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:18,600 I have been involved- 16 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:23,040 - since I became culturally active on the left wing. 17 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:26,440 I ran a studio in Soho in the West End. 18 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:31,520 We had a political theater group, which was called Kartoon Klowns. 19 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:46,200 There seems to be a strange phenomenon on Earth. 20 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,560 A ruling class that is corrupt. 21 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:55,000 In the evening we practiced, and during during the day I worked as a photographer. 22 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:59,560 I was asked to photograph a punk night for the music magazine NME. 23 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,640 Suddenly The Clash went on with a bang. 24 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:17,040 15 minutes of incredible energy, power and volume 25 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:22,720 - and texts about unemployment and alienation of the youth. 26 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,440 Then it was over. 27 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,880 The economy was really bad. 28 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:35,680 The IMF demanded cuts in wages and cash benefits. 29 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:42,320 The whole atmosphere was very dark and hard. 30 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:46,480 The right-wing press ran on the same tune about- 31 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,640 -that we would be invaded. 32 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:55,400 Where will you send home the immigrants to who were born here? 33 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:58,120 Just where they want. 34 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:03,840 Most are citizens of their homeland, even if they were born here. 35 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:09,200 The person would be arrested and deported- 36 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:16,760 - like people on board warships at the end of the 18th century 37 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:23,040 - Where do you want to draw the line? - I wanted to pull it right before that. 38 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:28,080 'WE PUT WHITE FIRST' - NF 39 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:31,440 The National Front grew tremendously. 40 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:37,440 Webster organized the real processions and said the right things. 41 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:42,520 They succeeded, as they said, to 'get on the leaflets'. 42 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:48,200 Save our country from an invasion 43 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:54,000 - where the invasive have black, brown and yellow faces! 44 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:13,880 Red and I sat in the pub and talked about the success of the National Front. 45 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,600 Especially in my area, Walthamstow. 46 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:27,400 These were the usual scapegoats: Asians, blacks and so on. 47 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:33,560 We wanted to organize a concert and call it Rock Against Racism. 48 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,160 Bowie also let out a lot of shit at that time. 49 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,720 'The British are ready for fascism' - David Bowie in Playboy, 1976 50 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:45,560 Then Clapton came along the racist slurry in Birmingham. 51 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:51,080 'MP' Clapton want to see support for Enoch 52 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:57,720 Eric Clapton is famous like a great blues guitar hero. 53 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:03,040 Blues came out of slavery, and he paid tribute to Enoch Powell- 54 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:07,160 - the biggest British advocate for white supremacy back then. 55 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:09,880 At first we didn't believe it. 56 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:16,400 'Out with the black snot...' 'Out with the blacks' 57 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:20,480 More time was spent then to warn us about- 58 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:25,320 - that the country would stay 'a colony within 10 years'. 59 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:34,080 I got so angry and felt, that we had to do something. 60 00:07:34,160 --> 00:07:37,760 I have the answer. 61 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:48,320 'When we read about Clapton's support for Powell, we were about to throw up.' 62 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:53,080 'Honestly, Eric. You are rock's biggest colonialist.' 63 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:58,040 'We want to create a movement towards, that racism plagues the music industry.' 64 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:02,720 'We call for support to Rock Against Racism.' 65 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:09,560 'PS: Who shot the sheriff, Eric? It wasn't you, mate.' 66 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:20,560 I sent it to the music press, and two weeks later it was printed. 67 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,880 Clapton - colonialist of black music 68 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,160 Write to Rock Against Racism 69 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,000 IRATE KATE OFFICE MANAGER 70 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:42,840 I saw Red's post in the NME and wrote to him and he replied. 71 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,840 He invited me to a meeting. 72 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,640 Yes, you are welcome to join. We need people with energy. 73 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:54,320 Answer quickly. RAR East London 74 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,640 A rainy evening I went to the East End. 75 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:03,440 In the room there were artists, writers and political activists. 76 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,400 It was a bunch I wanted to be with. 77 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:17,160 I visited the printing house quite often. 78 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:21,640 Syd and Ruth were naturally attracted to it. 79 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:28,240 The energy, the excitement and the potential know that's what attracted people. 80 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:32,240 SOUTH TUNE PHOTOGRAPHER 81 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,800 Syd was a documentary photographer in Australia- 82 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:42,840 - so it was natural that he brought the camera to London. 83 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:50,600 Ruth was bright and had a good feeling for the graphic 84 00:09:50,680 --> 00:09:55,280 - which fit perfectly to the punk explosion. 85 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:02,120 This is photo is from iD Magazine. 86 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:07,640 i think that I whitened it with straightening varnish. 87 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,520 This is our very first fanzine. 88 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:24,400 The name Temporary Hoarding referred to violent hoarding on the street. 89 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:28,880 Additionally, the letters 'RAR' included in 'Temporary'. 90 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,760 It was about a lot to cut and paste. 91 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,560 Rod Stewart, whom I loved very much, said: 92 00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:44,480 'Enoch Powell is right. Immigrants must be sent home.' 93 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:49,200 He had just moved to Los Angeles. He let the crap out. 94 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:53,120 I parted ways with all his records. 95 00:10:56,400 --> 00:11:00,560 We wanted to make sure that people could express themselves 96 00:11:00,640 --> 00:11:05,120 - and that the form of expression was a political act in itself. 97 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:10,800 Dr. David Widgery, who supported us early, wrote this. 98 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:14,080 It's like a mini-manifesto. 99 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:20,880 'We want rebellious music from the streets, that breaks down our fear of others.' 100 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:26,200 'Crisis music. Now music. Music, there know who the real enemy is.' 101 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,040 'Love music. Hate racism.' 102 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:37,400 It was scary because the punk could have gone the other way. 103 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,840 Some bands had fans in the National Front. 104 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:54,520 NF sold newspapers outside schools and recruited on the street. 105 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:02,680 Most fights at school is due to racism. 106 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:08,480 It's not jealousy, hate or anything, that just happens, but racism. 107 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:14,760 The National Front wants a scapegoat for what is happening in the country. 108 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:20,720 The idea of RAR was to make people doubt. 109 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:25,160 'Do you really like NF? Don't you want a future?' 110 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:31,160 It wasn't marching music. It was based on ska, black music. 111 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,680 I was the only white one at a club in Peckham. 112 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,520 Everyone wondered, what kind of person i was. 113 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:50,920 I met Red Saunders, and he said sensible things. 114 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,160 'We're going together create something we are proud of.' 115 00:12:55,240 --> 00:13:01,880 'We must try to wipe out this ugly demon in our society.' 116 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,880 'We can only do that by agreeing.' 117 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,920 Don't you mind? whites in the audience? 118 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,960 No, reggae is for everyone. 119 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:17,640 Not just for blacks, but for whites, yellow, green... For humans. 120 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:21,760 There was a cultural explosion. 121 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:25,840 It was lucky for us at RAR, because we liked it. 122 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,920 We jumped on the train, when the doors opened at the station. 123 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:34,960 Punks and reggae bands were on, and bang! 124 00:13:47,400 --> 00:13:53,840 This is the first RAR concert with Matumbi, Dennis Bovell. 125 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:14,160 We had an incredible line up performances that evening. 126 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:18,400 We had the fantastic punk band 999. 127 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:28,080 They were as energetic as The Clash and as provocative as the Sex Pistols. 128 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:35,920 The authorities got angry because people was pressed together everywhere. 129 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:42,000 999's audience was punks from the white working class. 130 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:48,320 We mixed black and white bands to get rid of the fear. 131 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:52,000 NF's only tool is fear. 132 00:14:54,520 --> 00:14:59,720 It was important that RAR had one political voice with his own fanzine. 133 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:04,840 Temporary Hoarding could do a little more than just anti-racism. 134 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,600 HOW DID RACIAL HATE ORIGINATE? 135 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:19,200 In our legions of black shirts marches England's past! 136 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:26,040 1939-1945 EUROPE DECIMATED BY WAR 137 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:30,320 In the 1950s and 1960s used UK employers- 138 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,400 - black labor from the Caribbean and Asia. 139 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,520 In this country, in 15-20 years- 140 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:42,880 - wants the black man have taken power over the white. 141 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:50,120 The mother of empire, Great Britain, had to let his children settle in the land- 142 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,880 But they weren't allowed to with dignity. 143 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:58,280 Since the blacks do not accept denigration- 144 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:03,400 - Britain has a rebellious black presence in its midst. 145 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:14,960 We challenged imperialist ideas. Oppression of people. 146 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:21,160 Racial division in India and the view of the British as a superior force. 147 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:24,680 A superior race. 148 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,160 EVERYONE WANTS PEACE 149 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:36,160 My father worked for attorneys in the British Empire. 150 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:41,320 I grew up in West Africa. In Nigeria. 151 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:45,080 I can remember white supremacy- 152 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,680 -with the European clubs. 153 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:52,640 There was an unofficial apartheid throughout the system. 154 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:56,400 My father reported on Spring in Prague in 1968- 155 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:02,120 - since many writers and artists fought against the Soviet Union. 156 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:09,160 My mother had been involved in the civil rights movement in the United States. 157 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,400 We moved to Australia in 1960. 158 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:19,520 Part of the time I spent on the island of Palm Island. 159 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:23,360 There was full apartheid. 160 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:31,760 We didn't go to the same school as aboriginals. They had their own. 161 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,440 My grandmother was a suffragette- 162 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:45,000 - so I have at least two generations of activism before me. 163 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:49,200 CRUSH RACISM 164 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:54,840 We send the blacks home! We send the blacks home! 165 00:17:56,680 --> 00:18:01,520 We send the blacks home! We send the blacks home! 166 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,360 NATIONAL FRONT MEETING MAY 1977 167 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:14,760 NF believes, like the Nazis, that white Europeans are superior to others- 168 00:18:14,840 --> 00:18:19,800 -and that the white race must be preserved. 169 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,200 The British are leaving the single market- 170 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:27,320 - and creates new connections to white Rhodesia and South Africa. 171 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:33,560 Part of what RAR did was seeing racism as a white problem. 172 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:40,120 The idea was that we, perhaps unconsciously, lived with a colonial legacy. 173 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,200 I have learned to speak with the natives. 174 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:59,240 Get going, you cheering idiot! 175 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:05,760 I want to report a blackout. What has he done? Moved here. 176 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:09,160 What do you mean by: 'Nothing else?' 177 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:11,480 VOTE FOR NF 178 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:14,880 DEFENSE THE BRITISH FREEDOM OF SPEECH 179 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:21,520 Extreme racism is now considered as an acceptable political position. 180 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:26,600 Imagine that the media shows e.g. The Rhetoric of Black Revolutionaries. 181 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,480 I will via the ballots- 182 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:34,160 - immediately bring colored immigration to end 183 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:39,680 - and repatriation of all colored people immigrants and their dependents- 184 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,200 - to their countries of origin. 185 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,800 - What if they don't travel? - They will. 186 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:51,640 'What if they don't want to travel?' He said: 'They will probably leave.' 187 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:56,080 Then there will be cattle wagons, and we know what that means. 188 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:04,040 Rock Against Racism was white, who finally realised- 189 00:20:04,120 --> 00:20:07,360 - that there was racism here. 190 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,520 Seriously! Blacks lived with it. 191 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,920 WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR COUNTRY? 192 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,680 LET LONDON LIVE! VOTE ON THE NATIONAL FRONT 193 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:24,440 NF got its best results in Bethnal Green and Bow with 19.2%- 194 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,280 -and in Hackney South with 19%. 195 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:44,440 - The National Front are Nazis! - Crush the National Front! 196 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:51,360 Then we concentrated fully about organized politics. 197 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,880 Kate Webb was the youngest of them- 198 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:06,120 - who worked full-time at the RAR office. 199 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:13,240 We were drowning in letters, and Red and the others gave me a desk. 200 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:21,600 I gathered a lot of people, and we had letters all over the floor. 201 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:28,760 We picked up letters, read them aloud and responded as quickly as we could. 202 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:32,320 I am 15 years old, white and loves reggae. 203 00:21:32,400 --> 00:21:34,960 I hate prejudice. 204 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,920 I would like to know more about RAR. 205 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:44,280 I bought your magazine for a concert and was impressed by the content. 206 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,560 It would be useful here. 207 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:52,040 The nearest place where blacks accepted is Cardiff, 30 km from here. 208 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:55,760 There was an anti-racist commitment- 209 00:21:55,840 --> 00:22:00,680 - because we scary enough could get a National Front government. 210 00:22:00,760 --> 00:22:05,520 I'm with a black guy and ignores what people say. 211 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:10,800 I remember a letter from a child in Aberystwyth: 'My teacher is a fascist.' 212 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:12,960 Send 30 copies! 213 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:18,160 It could be 14-year-old Ted from Bognor Regis and we wrote: 214 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,720 'Dear Ted, there is no RAR group in Bognor Regis.' 215 00:22:21,800 --> 00:22:24,880 'Now you're RAR in Bognor Regis.' 216 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,720 We have made two numbers thanks to you. 217 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:00,000 This is about bands, and the next about fans, we hope. 218 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,840 It was a great success for Temporary Hoarding. 219 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:10,280 RAR: What do you think about NF? JR: I hate them. 220 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:14,160 We worked on the next sheet and the next concert. 221 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,920 1,500 PERSONS APPEARED IN ROUNDHOUSE 222 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:27,480 The Rock Against Racism banner was made with transfer printing. 223 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,960 That's how it was. It was all man on deck. 224 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:57,080 'If you are belittled again and again, must one take a stand.' 225 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:01,680 We had concert guidelines for RAR groups- 226 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,600 - in Lowestoft, Leeds or wherever they were. 227 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,720 'Make sure to be in control of the stage.' 228 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:13,160 No unauthorized use of the microphone.' 229 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,880 Many want to stop RAR performances 230 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:20,560 Contact us with ideas, then we can contribute with advice 231 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:22,640 It is expensive 232 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,360 Find out, what the venue costs to rent 233 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,640 SCHOOL STUDENTS AGAINST NAZIS 234 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:41,920 We are opponents of the National Front and will stop them already at school. 235 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:49,840 'Come and discuss how we can stop the National Front in the schools.' 236 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,160 'Welcome! Blacks and whites together.' 237 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,920 'School students against Nazis.' Not bad. 238 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,000 I was at a RAR concert. 239 00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:09,320 People stood with their fists in the air and shouted, 'Blacks and whites together.' 240 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:15,120 I started reading about it and realized, what the National Front is doing. 241 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:40,120 RAR is about a year old now. We managed to survive. 242 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:44,960 We have spread our message at over 200 concerts 243 00:25:55,920 --> 00:26:00,840 DROP THE RACISM WE MUST TAKE A STAND NOW! 244 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:11,840 She was one of the first artists to who talked about it here. 245 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,240 RAR: Did you get a lot of criticism from whites? 246 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:20,240 Poly: Yes. It was difficult when white friends said 'nigger' and stuff like that. 247 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:26,160 She created something for herself. 248 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:30,200 The way one expected that black women looked like- 249 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:36,400 - has a lot of skin and an exotic element. 250 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,720 One of the problems now is about identity. 251 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:46,520 Everyone tries to identify with something instead of with oneself. 252 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:52,160 The National Front is strongest when they entices the youth to join. 253 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:16,480 In my school, everyone is expected to stay factory workers and the like. 254 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:22,400 It's a depressing school, and you learn nothing there. 255 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:27,360 You just have to move on to the factory around the corner. 256 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:32,280 Are many of your fans unemployed? Do they feel the same way? 257 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:39,840 If there were jobs, we might have sung about love and kisses. 258 00:27:43,360 --> 00:27:46,880 The layout is filled with historical references. 259 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:52,840 Partly they had to look like outlaws, like the familiar image of the James gang. 260 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:57,120 It was partly that with the coffins they are in- 261 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:02,160 - but it was also a reference to the Paris Commune in 1871- 262 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,920 - where the supporters were lined up and killed them. 263 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:14,160 The magazine was sold at concerts and demonstrations. 264 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:19,120 When we could afford to make a new number, then we did it. 265 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,800 Me and my beloved. 266 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:38,840 It's Notting Hill Carnival in the year of 'Heavy Manners'. 267 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:43,600 It must have been in 1977. 268 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,320 A YEAR OF REPRESSION 269 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:51,120 STOP THE CUTS 270 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,440 We took up different topics. 271 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:58,720 Here is a good example in the form of the body search laws. 272 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:04,200 The police made arrests all the time black youth, and here is a quote: 273 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:10,680 'On an unknown date you planned to steal from persons unknown.' 274 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:21,040 It only required the word of the police, so that one could be judged. 275 00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:25,120 It was used, as my friend Linton Kwesi Johnson said- 276 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:29,560 - completely unscrupulous towards us. 277 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,000 You are under arrest. 278 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:47,680 'Daytime driving and planned theft.' 279 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:11,080 One's parents gave a message on not to be out after 22. 280 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:15,080 If we were at a club, and no one showed up- 281 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:19,800 - was the first thing we did to check at the local police station. 282 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:23,600 On the trip between home and there, where to go 283 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,800 - you could be arrested. 284 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,840 It was about getting the person from the police station. 285 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,800 Spending the night there was also dangerous. 286 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:39,280 'Stay inside and take care of yourself, then you don't have to fear the police.' 287 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,880 I was a radiographer. 288 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:46,520 They put me in a carriage and drove me to a department store. 289 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:53,560 I'm still thinking about what had happened if the two white women- 290 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:59,440 - had said: 'Yes, it is her.' How had my life developed? 291 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:07,160 WE SHOULD PROBABLY REMOVE THE GROATED LAUGHTER 292 00:31:07,240 --> 00:31:09,960 FIGHT AGAINST 293 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:17,880 The police came to a club where I held a soundclash event. 294 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:22,560 They came out of the toilet, where they had arrested a person. 295 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:27,600 The crowd decided to free the prisoner. 296 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:34,920 Then I was accused of having stood on stage and said into the microphone: 297 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,520 'Take the stritters.' 298 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:44,040 After a six-month trial I was sentenced to three years in prison. 299 00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:49,400 After six months drove my appeal and I won. 300 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:55,040 They said, 'Shut up with you. Be happy for your escape from three years' imprisonment.' 301 00:31:55,120 --> 00:31:59,200 - For something you hadn't done? - Yes. 302 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:03,880 THAT'S THE GUILTY 303 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:05,560 CRISIS 304 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:09,160 BLAME THE BOSS NOT THE BLACK ONES 305 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,760 OUT WITH THE BLACKS 306 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:23,680 'GET THE INSIDES OFF THE STREET' 307 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:30,080 Webster, who was a cunning jackal, organized a demonstration 308 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:34,200 - through an area with immigrants and ethnic minorities. 309 00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,560 One of London's black areas. 310 00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,800 We arrived early that morning. 311 00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:50,560 We thought, 'This is one local communities that will defend themselves.' 312 00:32:57,960 --> 00:33:03,800 I want to express our disgust for, that you have given permission to 313 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:09,440 - that the fascists from the National Front can go through Lewisham. 314 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,200 It was unclear what happened. 315 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:22,840 It was all the time: 'Now they're coming! No, they don't. Yes!' 316 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,680 It was very scary. 317 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:31,960 The only battle cry today is 'National Front'. 318 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:36,280 obey the police, don't provoke the opposition- 319 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,320 -and don't leave the procession to fight. 320 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:45,040 No battle cry besides 'National Front'. Understood? 321 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:58,520 National Front! National Front! 322 00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:12,000 The United Working Class will never fall! 323 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,080 Just an hour later, it exploded. 324 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:35,600 NF came with their flag and honor guard. 325 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,920 Suddenly there came a massive attack. 326 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:44,080 I saw a lot of young people run straight into them. 327 00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:50,520 They were young Cypriots, which would drive the fascists away. 328 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:04,400 Away with them! We inflicted the Nazis their biggest defeat to date. 329 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:11,480 The United Working Class will never fall! 330 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,800 The protesters did not know that the National Front was diverted- 331 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,440 - before they reached Lewisham Clock Tower. 332 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:24,000 They were sent through Cressingham Road to a small parking lot- 333 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,960 - where they were allowed to hold a meeting. 334 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:34,320 Before the meeting, we will express our opinion gratitude to the police. 335 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,280 SECRET RECORDING BY MARTIN WEBSTER 336 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:42,720 As usual, I will ask you show your gratitude- 337 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:49,880 - for the poor policemen who are hit by this, with three cheers. 338 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,400 - Hip, hip! - Hooray! 339 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,360 - Hip, hip! - Hooray! 340 00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:11,920 They're coming from behind! 341 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,720 Let him go! 342 00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:39,960 Some said, 'I did not believe that the police would do it.' 343 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,240 But they did. 344 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:49,200 I didn't think they would sting one in the eyes and kick one in the crotch. 345 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,880 But they did. 346 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:05,200 It was the first time since World War II- 347 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:09,320 - that the British police found the shields. 348 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:15,080 Webster said: 'You have no idea how many policemen- 349 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:20,600 - which supports the National Front.' It could be seen in Lewisham. 350 00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:50,760 The National Front is not a problem, which you can just ignore. 351 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:55,400 Then it will spread like a cancerous tumor. 352 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:03,120 We saw a huge explosion of solidarity 353 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,720 -from black militants like Darcus Howe- 354 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,760 - to Jewish businessmen, who said: 355 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,560 'We don't care about your politics- 356 00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,720 - but we will help you with to fight NF.' 357 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,720 London's biggest riot since the war. 358 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:24,560 Not your match? Say it the blacks, the socialists and RAR.' 359 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:29,560 It surprised me that they wrote about the. After all, we were ordinary people. 360 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,080 We were ordinary anti-racists. 361 00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:50,600 All young people read NME, Melody Maker and that kind of magazine. 362 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:55,760 When they discovered which fascists NF was and gave us their full support- 363 00:38:55,840 --> 00:39:00,200 -increased support for RAR by 5,000%. 364 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:17,120 Alien Kulture was there in our RAR committee in London. 365 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:29,200 Our message was, that we are not so different. 366 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:33,800 As Asians we live in one culture, but comes from another. 367 00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:38,320 We have a culture out there with punk concerts and political 368 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:45,200 - and one at home with Bollywood and Asian TV programs. 369 00:39:50,240 --> 00:39:55,080 We must organize along with the whites and blacks. 370 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:58,320 We can only do this together. 371 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:04,600 We have to get our message out. 372 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:09,640 Asian parents think that white culture negatively affects their children. 373 00:40:09,720 --> 00:40:14,640 Many young Asians goes to discos and plays in bands. 374 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:21,960 They do not reject their culture, as the parents believe. 375 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:39,640 I grew up with the Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. 376 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:45,680 You'd rather listen to The Jam, Tom Robinson Band and the Sex Pistols. 377 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:51,360 You felt a kind of togetherness. Tom Robinson was very appealing. 378 00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:55,560 Songs like 'Winter of '79' captured the spirit of the times. 379 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:59,280 WINTER OF '79 PUBLISHED IN 1977 380 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:12,600 I saw the Tom Robinson Band at the ICA and immediately became a big fan. 381 00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:47,560 I wrote to Tom and he replied. 382 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:53,040 He introduced me to several people that I got to know. 383 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:58,560 This is Tom, me and Karen, who was the secretary. 384 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:04,800 The two Jewish schoolgirls from Camden called themselves Scruf and Scruff. 385 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:09,240 We went by the embarrassing name Robinson's Rats- 386 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:12,480 -and followed them around the country. 387 00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:29,960 At a concert it was about anti-racism. But here we went further. 388 00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,680 Here it concerned the war in Northern Ireland. 389 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:37,720 The British soldiers are now hated of the Catholic minority. 390 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,200 They believe that the government allows the oppression of them. 391 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:46,000 Our society living in fear of the government. 392 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:06,440 This was about a soldier, who had raped a young woman. 393 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:10,920 She told about it in Temporary Hoarding. 394 00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:31,320 We wanted to use the wider one all the time movement politics in this. 395 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:36,240 There was also an educational purpose. 396 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:44,240 Your old friend Enoch Powell is now a Member of Parliament for Northern Ireland. 397 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:59,560 We could test our ideas and move on to broader topics. 398 00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:06,440 'NF wants a Great Britain without homosexuals and drug addicts.' 399 00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:16,800 Back then there weren't many, who saw the connection- 400 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:22,640 - between the suppression of homosexuals, racism and fascism. 401 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:30,800 My first article for Temporary The hoarding was called 'No More Normals'. 402 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:36,160 I would point out how heterosexual persons 403 00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:40,360 - behavior and relationships was seen as the norm- 404 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:44,880 - while gay were invisible in the media. 405 00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:48,360 GANG ATTACK ON LESBIANS 406 00:44:55,040 --> 00:45:00,960 An important part of Temporary Hoarding was to interview bands. 407 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,560 This is Adam and the Ants. 408 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:09,080 'Don't you want to tear him to pieces? Written by Lucy Toothpaste. 409 00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:12,440 I did the design. 410 00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:16,560 He insisted, that he was anti-fascist 411 00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:22,960 - but that he had the right to to use symbols from Nazi Germany. 412 00:45:23,680 --> 00:45:28,280 The whole Nazi thing was dealt with, as if it has a lumpen glamour- 413 00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:32,120 - who can prosecute frustrated people. 414 00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:37,920 In our interviews, we challenged people to continue the discussion. 415 00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:43,120 It was a way of hearing the arguments from both sides. 416 00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:46,760 I'm not a fucking Nazi. My parents are Roma. 417 00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:50,040 People think that only Jews was exterminated during the war- 418 00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:53,960 - but slaves, Roma and blacks was also on the list. 419 00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:57,400 I have better reason to to hate them more than anyone else. 420 00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:03,080 We lived in a world without social media and mobile phones. 421 00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:06,720 You had to put money in a coin phone. 422 00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:11,440 Our world was the underground press, with posters on the streets. 423 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,760 London was full of them. 424 00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,360 The Clash were amazing. 425 00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:22,040 We printed the lyrics to 'White Riot': 'I want a riot of my own'. 426 00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:25,720 It could become a poster. 427 00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:29,800 It was like that Temporary Hoarding worked. 428 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:34,000 All power lies with the rich, who can afford to buy it 429 00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:36,880 while we walk on the street 430 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:40,720 too scared to even try 431 00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,720 and everyone does as they are told 432 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:47,200 white riot i want riot 433 00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:52,280 The right wing hijacked 'White Riot', because it was 'white rebellion'. 434 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:54,760 They didn't listen to the text. 435 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:59,920 'White Riot' is about, that whites should rebel too 436 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,200 - because we are not satisfied either. 437 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:12,600 You can have Rolls-Royce, shudder, manors and servants. 438 00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:17,640 That path leads to nothing in the form of human life. 439 00:47:17,720 --> 00:47:23,360 That's why I don't want to go that way. It's all or none. 440 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:28,160 - The National Front are Nazis! - Crush the National Front! 441 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:37,480 - Crush the National Front! - The National Front are Nazis! 442 00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:41,360 STOP THE RACE MIXING PROPAGANDA 443 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:47,280 People who were deranged racists and not full-blooded Nazis- 444 00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:50,360 -you could sometimes win over. 445 00:47:53,360 --> 00:48:00,200 Convinced Nazis were not I sat down and debated with. 446 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:07,720 The National Front celebrates its 10th anniversary by starting a youth association. 447 00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:15,000 NF PUBLISHES PUBLIC TIMETABLES 448 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:22,080 When we send the blacks back, will we do not harm them. They will get support. 449 00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:29,240 Many will probably return voluntarily without fighting back. 450 00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:39,520 RAR groups in several parts of the country was assaulted. 451 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:42,880 In Manchester people crawled through the windows- 452 00:48:42,960 --> 00:48:45,400 -and wanted to ruin the concerts. 453 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:55,480 We had to instruct people in to take off their badges. 454 00:48:55,560 --> 00:49:01,080 Because the Nazis hung out the venues and assaulted people. 455 00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:05,600 Many fans supported the British Movement and National Front. 456 00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:09,560 They were from white people from the suburbs- 457 00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:13,440 - and very hostile towards young blacks. 458 00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:18,640 All my old skinhead friends has joined the British Movement. 459 00:49:18,720 --> 00:49:23,520 When I wanted to talk to them about it, they said, 'We don't like blacks.' 460 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:26,480 Just look at Bristol. 200 black. 461 00:49:26,560 --> 00:49:31,120 Send 200 skinheads so we can smash them. Then they would run away. 462 00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:39,080 NF and the British Movement are coming to the concerts to make trouble. 463 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:44,600 A few skinheads hit a guy's head against the fence. 464 00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:47,440 More and more blood came. 465 00:49:47,520 --> 00:49:52,800 That's the kind that gives them a bad reputation. It's skinheads. 466 00:49:52,880 --> 00:49:59,480 Not all skinheads were Nazis, as people thought, but many were. 467 00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:03,280 You didn't want to stop and discuss it. 468 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:10,160 In London we knew what awaited, but Wednesbury was new to me. 469 00:50:10,240 --> 00:50:17,200 We got to the venue, and there were 30 skinheads. 470 00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:23,080 We looked at each other and thought: 'Not now again.' 471 00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:30,640 Our task was to remove it British flag and reveal the swastika. 472 00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:45,840 Sham 69 had a lot confusing relationship with their fans. 473 00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:54,360 Many fans were from the working class- 474 00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:59,120 - active in the National Front or the circle around it. 475 00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:05,080 He had great respect for that they didn't have much to say- 476 00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:09,800 - and he wouldn't tell them, what they should think. 477 00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:19,320 Everyone is moving in the same direction and is told: 478 00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:24,520 'Do like that. You come from there, so you must do so.' 479 00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:30,880 'If you live in a high-rise in the East End, do you have to work in the port.' 480 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:35,440 'No. You must not leave London and become someone else.' 481 00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:39,280 'That's wrong. This is not what you were born to do.' 482 00:51:46,360 --> 00:51:53,120 I visited Jimmy and his parents to see if they would support RAR. 483 00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:59,760 Why not make something clear? A concert with a black band. 484 00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:09,320 We organized a concert with Sham 69 and Misty in Roots. 485 00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:24,720 Misty in Roots and Sham was backstage. 486 00:52:25,720 --> 00:52:30,880 I introduced bands, worked backstage and a bit of everything. 487 00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:33,760 Misty started playing dominoes- 488 00:52:33,840 --> 00:52:40,400 - and the tension in the room, when they started knocking over the pieces. 489 00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:45,600 It was as if they were saying: 'We are here and we will stay.' 490 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:20,080 There were dozens from the British Movement. 491 00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:23,560 'What have we done?' I began to doubt the idea. 492 00:53:23,640 --> 00:53:28,440 I was a nervous wreck all over the evening. People started freaking out. 493 00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:32,360 'Defend the speaker system if they come on stage.' 494 00:53:32,440 --> 00:53:36,560 'If they reach the loudspeaker system, then turn it off.' 495 00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:58,280 Hold up! 496 00:54:04,960 --> 00:54:07,600 Can you see it there? 497 00:54:15,960 --> 00:54:21,040 I don't know what they are doing. What can I do? 498 00:54:21,120 --> 00:54:24,960 Skinheads! Skinheads! Skinheads! 499 00:54:25,040 --> 00:54:30,840 I preach peace and do my best. It's the only thing I can do. 500 00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:44,800 In the whole country there were probably more thousand from minority groups- 501 00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:49,760 - who regularly got shit and piss through the letter slot. 502 00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:53,640 People had to be followed in groups of ten to school. 503 00:54:53,720 --> 00:54:57,120 Hear what the Bengali communities in East London tells. 504 00:55:00,120 --> 00:55:06,880 They dare not show themselves on the street, but they will not leave the country. 505 00:55:10,720 --> 00:55:15,640 People spat, threw bottles at one and called a 'perker'. 506 00:55:15,720 --> 00:55:18,120 It became like normal. 507 00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:20,840 An Asian shopkeeper- 508 00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:26,560 - who was a prisoner of war in Japan as British soldier, describes the assault. 509 00:55:26,640 --> 00:55:31,120 A lot of skinheads threw stones at my windows. 510 00:55:31,200 --> 00:55:34,280 One of them hit here and broke my tooth. 511 00:55:34,360 --> 00:55:37,720 RACIST THUGS COMMITS ASSAULT 512 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:43,000 Chief Marshall, why the police have not succeeded- 513 00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:46,880 - to protect Asians, and certain English- 514 00:55:46,960 --> 00:55:50,160 -from overt racist violence? 515 00:55:50,240 --> 00:55:52,480 It is speculative to say- 516 00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:56,720 - that all assaults on Asians is about racism. 517 00:55:56,800 --> 00:56:01,440 I don't say that, but we experience a new phenomenon where people 518 00:56:01,520 --> 00:56:07,200 - organized or not, as driver targeting specific groups. 519 00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:10,200 We don't know if it's organized. 520 00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:16,880 WE ARE BACK 521 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:23,320 In 1977 there were ten racist murders or near Brick Lane. 522 00:56:25,080 --> 00:56:30,880 This is acting about the murder of Altab Ali in the East End. 523 00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:35,560 AFTER THE TEARS, THE RAGE 524 00:56:37,720 --> 00:56:42,240 Youth gang raids Bengal area in East End 525 00:57:03,440 --> 00:57:08,480 We were attacked with a firebomb and moved office. 526 00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:12,880 We had to do things like blocking the letter slot. 527 00:57:12,960 --> 00:57:16,560 We spread sand, if gasoline was now poured in. 528 00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:19,600 Webster told the Times- 529 00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:25,080 - that musicians and actors who support RAR, will reap what they sow. 530 00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:27,600 Often I was scared out of my wits. 531 00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:32,480 When our daughter was born, we got a cartridge in the mail. 532 00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:37,160 I just saved it. 533 00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:42,120 People said, 'Go to the police.' 'Are you gassing me?' 534 00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:45,840 We knew that they would not help us. 535 00:57:45,920 --> 00:57:53,400 At every demonstration it was us, who was arrested and sluiced out. 536 00:57:56,400 --> 00:58:00,800 It was a bunch of thugs, which would frighten us. 537 00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:17,120 RAR's and ANL's collaboration was an incredibly important campaign. 538 00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:22,360 It was a matter of life or death too many people. 539 00:58:23,280 --> 00:58:27,720 I asked Red Saunders of RAR, what differences did he see- 540 00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:32,000 -between the RAR and the Anti-Nazi League. 541 00:58:32,080 --> 00:58:35,040 It is a difficult question. 542 00:58:35,120 --> 00:58:39,520 They are two completely different organizations that collaborate 543 00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:45,200 - in the cultural struggle against racism and fascism. 544 00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:47,840 We were united against the National Front. 545 00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:51,800 We were more cultural and in the entertainment industry- 546 00:58:51,880 --> 00:58:54,720 -and they fought purely politically. 547 00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:03,440 We used to visit Notting Hill Carnival. 548 00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:09,880 We wanted to celebrate it because it was such a lively event every year. 549 00:59:12,320 --> 00:59:17,600 The Anti-Nazi League would help us with to finance a block wagon to stand on. 550 00:59:17,680 --> 00:59:20,680 We had completely different ideas. 551 00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:27,800 We would go in procession from Trafalgar Square to Victoria Park. 552 00:59:27,880 --> 00:59:31,880 NF got 23% of the votes there, so we thought: 553 00:59:31,960 --> 00:59:36,240 'We must enter the heart of their territory.' 554 00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:47,080 Red wasn't sure it would succeeded, which was unusual. 555 00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:54,560 At first I thought, 'This is it huge. We can't do that.' 556 00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:57,800 And then it just rolled. 557 01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:08,600 Get permission from the authorities and build a scene. 558 01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:13,840 Then you get stage monitors and generators and booker bands. 559 01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:16,520 Which bands would it be? 560 01:00:16,600 --> 01:00:23,680 We wanted reggae, and Steel Pulse published 'Handsworth Revolution'. 561 01:00:24,720 --> 01:00:30,320 Roger and I agreed, that we should have Tom Robinson. 562 01:00:31,320 --> 01:00:36,400 Then we talked about The Clash, a punk band with fantastic energy. 563 01:00:39,760 --> 01:00:42,320 We argued about the schedule. 564 01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:46,000 Roger and I thought that Tom should go last. 565 01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:50,000 Not because he was better or more exciting- 566 01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:56,000 - but because he was one, which would unite people in the end. 567 01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:00,440 The decision was: 'You must tell them.' 568 01:01:00,520 --> 01:01:06,880 'Tell The Clash they're not playing last and get them to say yes.' 569 01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:12,520 Hello. 570 01:01:33,160 --> 01:01:37,560 Their manager Bernie Rhodes ranting about it being like Woodstock. 571 01:01:37,640 --> 01:01:42,640 We were hippies, and they were the real fighters. 572 01:01:44,400 --> 01:01:47,880 They were fooling around with us and turned the light on and off. 573 01:01:47,960 --> 01:01:52,200 They tried to find out who the hell were we. 574 01:01:52,280 --> 01:01:57,640 We had to be humble to support Tom Robinson. 575 01:01:57,720 --> 01:01:59,680 He had been with since the beginning- 576 01:01:59,760 --> 01:02:03,320 - so it was fair, that he was the main name- 577 01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:06,680 - but we didn't used to to be warming up. 578 01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:10,240 The cause was more important than our ego. 579 01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:38,080 When they agreed, it exploded. 580 01:02:40,840 --> 01:02:46,280 'When we take over, the resistance will be swept off the field.' - John Tyndall, NF. 581 01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:54,080 We received threats, and before the carnival- 582 01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:59,960 - The Clash and Steel demonstrated Pulse outside NF's headquarters. 583 01:03:01,440 --> 01:03:07,760 They are too cool to hold signs. That's the impression I get. 584 01:03:15,040 --> 01:03:21,080 We built the stage the Wednesday before, and I had never been so nervous. 585 01:03:21,160 --> 01:03:25,920 We had a six month old child and I was completely out of it. 586 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:32,000 The Anti-Nazi League slept on the stage, so it was always guarded. 587 01:03:35,160 --> 01:03:41,400 It had rained almost all week, and the park was like a swamp. 588 01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:46,160 We were worried. 589 01:03:46,240 --> 01:03:50,000 We had no mobiles and no one contact with Trafalgar Square. 590 01:03:50,080 --> 01:03:54,680 We had no idea how many would come. 591 01:03:58,440 --> 01:04:02,720 I arrived at 07.00. 'It's completely dead.' 592 01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:05,000 The weather was not very good. 593 01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:10,720 The police mocked us and said, that no one would participate in the procession. 594 01:04:10,800 --> 01:04:13,360 'They only come for the music.' 595 01:04:14,840 --> 01:04:20,120 I went to Soho to buy a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. 596 01:04:21,760 --> 01:04:27,160 When I came back they started first big buses to arrive. 597 01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:34,640 A bus stopped, and out through one cloud of smoke, a lot of punks appeared. 598 01:04:34,720 --> 01:04:37,920 I thought: 'Halløjsa!' 599 01:05:04,480 --> 01:05:06,880 We have come from Glasgow. 600 01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:11,200 We must show that we are also against Nazis. 601 01:05:11,280 --> 01:05:16,400 They will impose their opinion on others. You have to fight for what you believe in. 602 01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:28,320 NF is probably the worst thing that has happened to the country purely politically for many years. 603 01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:34,120 We have come from Hereford for to show that we want to stop this. 604 01:05:41,600 --> 01:05:48,280 Our message to the coal buckets in NF and other fanatics are: 605 01:05:48,360 --> 01:05:51,560 'Don't touch our people!' 606 01:05:53,720 --> 01:05:59,200 Black and white together, tonight and forever! 607 01:06:07,360 --> 01:06:13,440 Tom said 'I've got the whistles', and we threw them out to the audience. 608 01:06:13,520 --> 01:06:19,440 Anyone who was at the carnival knows that it was a cacophony of noise. 609 01:06:26,360 --> 01:06:30,200 The procession began with bands on platforms- 610 01:06:30,280 --> 01:06:37,200 - and the lovely figures of Martin Webster, Tyndall and Hitler. 611 01:06:48,760 --> 01:06:50,840 VETERANS AGAINST NAZIS 612 01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:10,160 On Bethnal Green Road NF stood outside The Blade Bone Pub. 613 01:07:10,240 --> 01:07:13,360 'Say hi! Sieg heil!' 614 01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:20,760 Down the street came thousands multi-ethnic youth, punks and others. 615 01:07:22,160 --> 01:07:25,600 It went on for an hour, and they thought… 616 01:07:25,680 --> 01:07:31,120 ' Sieg... we'll have a beer.' The devils just gave up! 617 01:07:31,200 --> 01:07:34,120 The area must remain multi-ethnic. 618 01:07:34,200 --> 01:07:40,600 Everyone has the right to live and work here. No one should be treated badly. 619 01:07:40,680 --> 01:07:45,440 I am very strongly against racism. 620 01:07:45,520 --> 01:07:48,920 It is a shame for this country. 621 01:08:38,120 --> 01:08:40,240 At At 12 we were supposed to start. 622 01:08:40,320 --> 01:08:43,760 It sounds biblical, but the sun came out. 623 01:08:47,400 --> 01:08:53,760 I went on stage and saw one man with dog and two children cycling. 624 01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:57,080 The rest of the park was empty. 625 01:09:00,400 --> 01:09:03,720 X-Ray Spex played first. 626 01:09:03,800 --> 01:09:07,240 Entering Victoria Park and hear it: 627 01:09:07,320 --> 01:09:13,400 some say little girls should be seen but not heard, but I say: 628 01:09:13,480 --> 01:09:17,680 Hell no! One, two, three, four! 629 01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:43,000 The security guards didn't have a chance. 630 01:09:43,080 --> 01:09:49,840 They could defend the stage against NF, but not 80,000 partying 18-year-olds. 631 01:09:49,920 --> 01:09:55,440 The fence fell, and people collapsed and were carried out. 632 01:09:57,640 --> 01:10:00,400 I heard, 'Can I help?' 633 01:10:00,480 --> 01:10:06,120 It was a 70-year-old St John Ambulance rescuer in cap and uniform. 634 01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:09,800 Today's unsung hero. 635 01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:16,240 I told the authorities, that we counted on 500 people. 636 01:10:16,320 --> 01:10:20,040 Then we didn't have to set up toilets. 637 01:10:20,120 --> 01:10:26,000 When the park ranger came, we introduced ourselves him to the people of Steel Pulse. 638 01:10:26,080 --> 01:10:30,680 The last time I saw him was in a big marijuana cloud- 639 01:10:30,760 --> 01:10:34,040 - so it worked out with the authorities. 640 01:10:53,680 --> 01:10:58,840 To be there and see all of them, which poured in, hour after hour... 641 01:10:58,920 --> 01:11:03,240 It just kept going and we knew not how many would come. 642 01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:06,360 The speaker system was not appropriate for that concert. 643 01:11:06,440 --> 01:11:12,720 The sound was lousy, but the important thing was that you were present. 644 01:11:33,920 --> 01:11:39,880 Someone said I should be conference. I was nervous. 645 01:11:39,960 --> 01:11:43,280 I had played the role of Mr Oligarch- 646 01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:47,280 -which ruled over the workers. 647 01:11:47,360 --> 01:11:52,880 I put on Mr Oligarch's cloak and ran onto the stage. 648 01:11:52,960 --> 01:11:57,960 I shouted: 'This is not Woodstock.' 649 01:11:58,040 --> 01:12:01,520 'It's the carnival against the damn Nazis!' 650 01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:08,240 A huge roar from the audience held me on your feet the rest of the day. 651 01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:33,200 We went on in front of 80,000 people, and the audience knew who we were. 652 01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:38,000 We didn't get booed. They actually sang along. 653 01:12:40,880 --> 01:12:46,760 We were applauded for our Ku Klux Klan- hoods of a British audience. 654 01:12:46,840 --> 01:12:51,520 It also makes one humble and is hilarious. 655 01:12:53,600 --> 01:13:00,640 That we made a big difference, and that so many were against racism- 656 01:13:00,720 --> 01:13:05,280 - was a milestone in our career. 657 01:13:19,760 --> 01:13:25,640 Despite all the monstrosities were here a lot of people who said: 658 01:13:25,720 --> 01:13:29,120 'There is nothing wrong with you. We support you.' 659 01:13:32,840 --> 01:13:37,240 Best of all was, when they jammed at the end. 660 01:13:37,320 --> 01:13:40,120 Jimmy Pursey was also in. 661 01:13:40,200 --> 01:13:45,960 Jimmy Pursey could get a group people with whom we would like to reach. 662 01:13:46,040 --> 01:13:48,400 It was risky. 663 01:13:48,480 --> 01:13:54,160 You could get people in who were fascists or a threat to others. 664 01:13:55,160 --> 01:14:01,000 We wanted Jimmy to go along us to stand on our side- 665 01:14:01,080 --> 01:14:05,720 - and say to the Sham 69 fans: 'I'm not racist.' 666 01:14:07,880 --> 01:14:11,440 We had no idea how many were there. 667 01:14:11,520 --> 01:14:17,720 I have a clear recollection of when we went up on the high stage- 668 01:14:17,800 --> 01:14:22,040 - and then 100,000 people. It was completely... 669 01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:53,840 'White Riot'! 670 01:16:43,800 --> 01:16:46,800 Give The Clash a round of applause! 671 01:17:10,360 --> 01:17:16,840 This society makes us feel that we must let others think for us. 672 01:17:16,920 --> 01:17:23,400 The good thing about RAR was that common people could change the world. 673 01:17:31,880 --> 01:17:37,680 The National Front was defeated in the 1979 election 674 01:17:39,240 --> 01:17:46,720 But the battle is far from over. 675 01:17:47,013 --> 01:17:55,013 .:: TWA - Your Source Of Quality! ::. www.shareuniversity.org 676 01:17:57,756 --> 01:18:01,756 Danish texts: www.btistudios.com