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9781604860498

The Angry Brigade A History of Britain's First Urban Guerilla Group

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  • ISBN13:

    9781604860498

  • ISBN10:

    1604860499

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-03-01
  • Publisher: PM Press

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Summary

Between 1970 and 1972 the Angry Brigade used guns and bombs in a series of symbolic attacks against capitalism. A series of communiqus accompanied the actions, explaining the choice of targets and the Angry Brigade philosophy: autonomous organisation and attacks on property alongside other forms of militant working class action. Targets included: the embassies of repressive regimes; police stations and army barracks; boutiques and factories; government departments; and the homes of Cabinet ministers, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. The attacks brought an avalanche of police raids. From the start the police were faced with the difficulty of getting to grips with a section of society they found totally alien. And were they facing an organization- or an idea?

Author Biography

Gordon Carr has been a newspaper reporter and a producer and director of investigative documentaries for BBC television.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. i
Introductiont The Carr bombsp. 1
Political motivation...The influence of Debord, Vaneigem... The Strasbourg scandal... Nanterre, the May eventsp. 5
Essex, Cambridge...The "disappointments" of Grosvenor Square, October 1968...The campaign against Assessmentp. 25
Notting Hill...The squatting movement...The Claimants' Union and "real" politicsp. 34
The influence of the First of May Group...The decision to bomb...The deal...The joint campaign beginsp. 45
Habershon's enquiry gets under way...Suspects...Christie and Purdie...The Prescott lead...The Grosvenor Avenue communep. 64
The first arrests...The protests grow...Angry Brigade bombs and communiquésp. 76
Barker, Greenfield, Mendelson and Creek at Amhurst Roadp. 91
The tip-off...The raid...The arrestsp. 100
The trial of Prescott and Purdie...The committals...The conspiracy indictmentsp. 117
The Court drama begins...Jury Selection...The "McKenzie' helpers...The Prosecution openingp. 128
Forensic evidence...Cross examinations...Conspiracy argumentsp. 141
Defence...Closing speeches...Summing upp. 159
ConclusiontThe jury compromise...Verdict and sentences...Special Branch worriesp. 174
Postscripts: John Barker and Sergeant Roy Cremerp. 180
Chronology: The Angry Decadep. 194
Communiquésp. 237
Indexp. 250
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