SM has found a brief chronology of events 1985-1997.
I’ve made it available as a PDF: AFA – Brief Chronology of Events 1985-1997
Weekly Update 6
Bit bored of revision at the moment so I thought I’d put some new material I’ve recently found.
I’ve got loads left to be uploaded. In June I’m going to put up the remaining material and re-organise the blog.
Some new additions:
- A post on Blaggers ITA
- A couple of new stickers and picture of a Red Action t-shirt!
- My dissertation was handed in on 24th April! Here is a note on it.
- New picture (#10).
- AFA pamphlet Heroes or Villains? added.
- Chronology of AFA’s Events uploaded.
- An American reaction to AFA’s international conference in October, 1997.
Also, check out the fantastic documentary on French anti-fascist gangs!
My Thesis
Well this blog began in February as a way of making public all the material I had been given and discovered. I felt some of AFA’s primary material was at risk of being lost and, at the very least, not being widely available for those, like me, wishing to study AFA.
The material has been viewed on every continent and I have received a number of emails about how the blog has helped with their personal study of anti-fascism. One was from Dr. Evan Smith at Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia.
Although I’m not going to upload my thesis until it is marked (20th June) I will post my bibliography and a word cloud, mostly for my own memory recording.
I’d like to thank JH, LH, DC, DP, GO, LO, ST, SM, CW, SL and BH for their support and help. Much appreciated, seriously.
My bibliography – Public Bibiography
The Archivist
Blaggers ITA
This post contains information and material relating to Blaggers ITA (In The Area) an Anti-Fascist Action supporting band.
Matty Blag writes Who are the blaggers were.
(check out the t-shirt on the far left)
I have found a number of interviews with members of Blaggers ITA:
- Blaggers ITA Interview from UK Resist 5
- Blaggers Arnie #4 Interview – 1993 (before EMI)
- Blaggers Arnie #12 – 1993 (after EMI)
Recordings:
Below: Matty Blag’s BBC Radio One interview with Mark Goodier from 1993 which coincided with the release of Stresss – the first release for EMI. Life in prison, becoming an anti-fascist, ram-raiding and signing to EMI – what a life!
Second is a track recorded live at the Anti-Fascist Action’s ‘Unity Carnival’ on Hackney Downs, London, 6 September 1992.
Sources of Material
ANTIFA: CHASSEURS DE SKINS (2008)
Fantastic French documentary on the anti-fascist Parisian gangs in the 80s.
Members of the Red Warriors, an antifascist gang in France, 1985. Red Warriors used violent force to remove Neo Nazi gangs from France and provide safe spaces for immigrants during the rise of white nationalism and an outbreak of violent crime against people of colour. They formed a squat called “L.U.S.I.N.E” and were considered the most effect gang to counter nazi violence, working to instill fear in their opposition.
Weekly Update 5
New updates this week!
- New fascist stickers!!!
- New leaflet discussing what to do after AFA
- New AFA document on the IWCA
- Rochdale BNP intel video
- The Scrapbook!!! – 167 page pdf file with newspaper clippings on anti-fascism from 1977!!!
That is all…
The Scrapbook
A massive thank you to CM who sent me a fantastic scrap book of clippings regarding anti-fascism. Another massive thanks to AJ who scanned it for me.
The Scrapbook is a 167 page PDF of articles on anti-fascism from 1977. The quality isn’t perfect so printing it off is the best way to properly view it.
Scrapbook Part Two is now available! The quality is better than the first but it is shorter. Again it contains newspaper article regarding anti-fascism, racism and fascism in Britain and Europe from 1991 – 1994.
Scrapbook Part Three. Shorter than the first, again, this contains newspaper articles regarding anti-fascism, racism and fascism in Britain and Europe from 1989 to 1991.
Related Posts:
Newspaper Articles on Red Action, Anti-Fascist Action and Fascists
Rochdale BNP
This is a video taken by a student on Rochdale BNP passed to anti-fascists. Ken Henderson ex BNP regional organiser from Rochdale is the main person being interviewed and the guy with beard at the begining is Peter Barker who runs the Northwestnationalists website
Weekly Update 4
Nothing new has gone on the archive for two weeks now despite me having a ton of stuff at home. I’ve been writing my dissertation so the scanning has taken a back seat unfortunately. I have been paid my friend to do some scanning for me as I don’t really have the time but my measly student loan doesn’t stretch far. Don’t worry though as it will all eventually go up!
Please link the archive to facebooks, twitters etc etc so more people can learn the history.
However what I can bring you are some stats!
Total number of Views: 16,357 — The archive began on the 2nd of Feb.
Summery of Viewers Countries:
United Kingdom1,828
Italy208
Ireland177
United States147
Spain112
Germany68
France56
Greece54
Sweden45
Serbia32
Canada30
Netherlands28
Thailand24
Australia23
Ecuador23
Norway16
Portugal14
Lithuania14
Poland13
Malaysia10
Colombia7
Turkey5
Japan2Croatia2
Belgium2
Czech Republic2
Austria2
Republic of Korea2
Finland2
Ukraine2
Israel1
Mexico1
Romania1
Belarus1
Iceland1
Russian Federation1
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Following | 313 |
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Weekly Update 3
Here is a list of updates:
- Searchlight literature has been put in its own post.
- Ratchatcher: a documentry on an ex-NF member turned ANL (who subsequently turned AFA) has been uploaded to the internet from a discovered tape of the original.
- Cable Street Beat: a magazine covering anti-fascist music! Visit the link to see three copies.
- A new history of European anti-fascism book is in the works, covering the period 1914 to the present.
- The final issues of Fighting Talk have been uploaded!!!
Thanks for everyones continued support!
Coming soon: The Intel Files and The Scrapbook.
Do you have corrections? Dates? Additions? Stories? Images? Simply comment them beneath the post or email them to antifascistarchive@gmail.com and I will amend accordingly.
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