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April 23, 2021 hatfulofhistory

Southall 1979 pamphlet

March 24, 2021 hatfulofhistory

Will history absolve the Bristol protestors?

April 3, 2017 hatfulofhistory

Race, class and black rebellion in Britain, 1976-1981

January 10, 2017 hatfulofhistory

Policing football crowds and the aftermath of Hillsborough: What the new Thatcher papers reveal, pt 2

December 31, 2016January 5, 2017 hatfulofhistory

Policing Acid House Parties in 1989: What the new Thatcher Government papers reveal

November 4, 2016March 11, 2020 hatfulofhistory

Orgreave is not merely history, but an important historical incident that needs to be fully investigated

September 10, 2016 hatfulofhistory

Policing club culture in the UK and the neoliberal city

July 9, 2016 hatfulofhistory

New edited book on 2011 UK riots: ‘Reading the Riot Act’

May 4, 2016 hatfulofhistory

Historians and the online archive of the Hillsborough Independent Panel

March 1, 2016March 1, 2016 hatfulofhistory

New article in Journal of Australian Studies: Policing Protest in the Australian Capital Territory

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ASIO and surveillance of the women's liberation movement in Australia in the 1970s
The Communist Party of Australia's Post-War Internationalism
15 June, 1974 - 'No Platform' and Red Lion Square

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When the fascists went to university (and the campaigns to keep them out)
A short interview about ‘no platform’ with Marta Santiváñez
Guardian piece on the ‘war on woke’ and the ‘loony left’
Southall 1979 pamphlet
Turtlemania and the ninja moral panic in 1980s-90s Britain

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When the fascists went to university (and the campaigns to keep them out)
Recently there have been several mentions of Oswald Mosley being invited to speak at universities in the early 1960s. One from a piece in The Times opining for the ‘lost days of campus free speech’ and then related to Max Mosley’s recent passing, who invited his father to speak in 1961 when Secretary of the […]
A short interview about ‘no platform’ with Marta Santiváñez
Last year the journalist Marta Santiváñez interviewed me about the history of ‘no platform’ as she was writing a chapter for Charlotte Lydia Riley’s edited book The Free Speech Wars. A few excerpts were published in the chapter, but I thought I would post (with Marta’s agreement) the original interview transcript. This interview was conducted […] […]
Guardian piece on the ‘war on woke’ and the ‘loony left’
A quick post to mention that last week The Guardian published a piece by myself on the Tories’ current ‘war on woke’ and its similarities with the right-wing attacks on the ‘loony left’ in the 1980s. You can read the piece here.
Southall 1979 pamphlet
Today is the anniversary of the police riot in Southall on 23 April, 1979 when police attempted to break up a demonstration against the National Front outside Southall Town Hall. There were numerous injuries and over 300 arrests, while one protestor, Blair Peach, was killed. Recently declassified files reveal much more about what happened at […]
Turtlemania and the ninja moral panic in 1980s-90s Britain
I am very excited that Tribune has published my piece on how the moral panics about ninja weaponry and screen violence in the 1980s led to the BBC heavily censoring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when it appeared on British television in 1990. You can find the piece here.

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