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Women’s Lib – hostility to equality in the 1970s

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Women’s Lib burst on to the scene in the 1970s but the fight for sexual equality was fierce as Tony McMahon discovers

1979 Southall – a riot and its consequences

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago1 year ago124 mins

1979 saw tensions fuelled by extreme Right activity reach breaking point in Southall as a riot broke out. Tony McMahon looks back.

British Asian youth on the march

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago11 months ago020 mins

British Asian youth began a concerted fightback against racism and bigotry in the late 1970s after a period of horrific attacks as Tony McMahon discovers

Memories of Liverpool in 1981 – part seven

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago1 year ago222 mins

The 1981 riots in Liverpool and elsewhere were a political challenge for Marxists, especially the Militant, as Tony McMahon discovers

Memories of Liverpool in 1981 – part six

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

Before and after the 1981 riots in Liverpool, the big question was who should control the Merseyside police as Tony McMahon discovers

Memories of Liverpool in 1981 – part four

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago1 year ago121 mins

Liverpool had seen massive riots in 1981 and now Prime Minister Thatcher and the establishment needed to react as Tony McMahon discovers

Memories of Liverpool in 1981 – part two

The 70s 80s 90s Blog1 year ago1 year ago013 mins

In these blog posts, I’m casting my mind back to my first year at university in Liverpool. I arrived in the aftermath of the Toxteth riots and a city in ferment. Can’t deny it was very exciting. But it was also a time of massive poverty and sky-high rates of unemployment as well as shocking…