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Index
Cover
Title page
Dedication page
Epigraph page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Poison In The Machine
Biographical Notes
BOOK ONE: ROCK AGAINST RACISM
1. WHO SHOT THE SHERIFF?
MAKE WAY FOR THE HOMO SUPERIOR Eric Clapton. Black Britain. David Bowie
WHATCHA GONNA DO ABOUT IT? Princess Alice. Sex Pistols. Punk
BEAT THE WHITES WITH THE RED WEDGE Socialist Workers Party. Temporary Hoarding. Roundhouse
NAZIS ARE NO FUN Royal College of Art. Hackney Town Hall. Sham 69
2. INGLAN IS A BITCH
PUNKY REGGAE PARTY Aswad. Steel Pulse. Clash. Bob Marley
WAR AMONGST THE REBELS Linton Kwesi Johnson. Dennis Bovell. Rastafari
NOTHING TO BE GUILTY OF Rock Against Sexism. Slits. Mo-dettes. Poly Styrene. Poison Girls. Au Pairs
DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASCISM National Front. Lewisham
ONE DOWN, A MILLION TO GO Anti-Nazi League
3. OH BONDAGE! UP YOURS!
THIS AIN’T NO FUCKING WOODSTOCK Carnival Against the Nazis
POWER IN THE DARKNESS Tom Robinson Band. Stiff Little Fingers
CARRYING PICTURES OF CHAIRMAN MAO Northern Carnival
KNOCK HARD. LIFE IS DEAF Carnival 2. Militant Entertainment tour
REGGAE FI PEACH Southall Kids Are Innocent Benefit
RENOUNCE ALL SIN AND VICE Leeds. Birmingham
RINSE OUT THE BLUE SCUM RAR’s Greatest Hits. Northern Carnival Against Racism. Legacy
BOOK TWO: 2 TONE
BLACK SKIN BLUE EYED BOYS Bluebeat. Skinhead. Coventry
THE KINGSTON AFFAIR Specials out on parole. Gangsters vs the Selecter
NOBODY IS SPECIAL First 2 Tone tour. Madness
STAND DOWN MARGARET The Beat. UB40
CALLING RUDE GIRLS Bodysnatchers
DOESN’T MAKE IT ALRIGHT Specials
CELEBRATE THE BULLET Politics. Class. Seaside tour
ALL WI DOIN IS DEFENDIN Linton Kwesi Johnson. 1981 riots. 2 Tone legacy
BOOK THREE: RED WEDGE
1. SHOUT TO THE TOP
LIFE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE Thatcherism. CND. Paul Weller
PERVERTS SUPPORT THE PITS! Billy Bragg. Miners’ Strike
THE MILKMAN OF HUMAN KINDNESS Live Aid. GLC. Jobs For Youth. Solid Bond
DON’T GET MAD. GET ORGANIZED Red Wedge
2. NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL SOCIALISM!
IT’S THE PARTY I LOVE Launch. First tour
NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL SOCIALISM, VOLUME 3 Day Events
IT’S JUST A RUMOUR THAT WAS SPREAD AROUND TOWN Militant Tendency. Newcastle
AIN’T NO STOPPIN’ US NOW Women’s tour. Well Red. Gay Rights. Black Sections
THE OSCAR WILDE SCHOOL OF SOCIALISM Italy. Redskins. Move On Up tour. 1987 election
WAITING FOR THE GREAT LEAP FORWARD Labour listens. 1987–90. Legacy
3. FREE NELSON MANDELA
HATS OFF TO JERRY DAMMERS! Artists Against Apartheid. 1992. Political pop
Timeline
References
Publishing Credits
Index
About the Author
Also by Daniel Rachel
Copyright page
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