Political badges from the 1980s
My collection of political badges from the 1980s shows the causes we cared about from racism to nuclear disarmament and freedom for the people of Chile
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Peter Tatchell runs for Labour in 1983
In 1983 Peter Tatchell ran as the Labour candidate in the Bermondsey by-election facing a barrage of homophobia
James Callaghan heckled by Pat Arrowsmith
Jim Callaghan heckled during his 1979 election speech
Marxist humour in the 80s – an advert for the Eurocommunist magazine Marxism Today
Marxist humour in the 80s – an advert for the Eurocommunist magazine Marxism Today
Thatcher was not a feminist
In recent years, Thatcher has been lauded as a feminist icon – an idea that would have been laughed at in the 1980s
Ken Livingstone versus Sir Horace Cutler
The Greater London Council in the late 1970s and early 1980s saw Tory leader Sir Horace Cutler fighting Labour’s Ken Livingstone
The last years of the Greater London Council and the battle with Thatcher
The last years of the Greater London Council and the battle with Thatcher
When Thatcher caved in to the miners
In 1981, Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher caved into the miners but was simply biding her time for a future showdown
1981 Moss Side riot – police station mobbed
The 1981 Moss Side riot followed on from similar violence in Toxteth, Brixton and Southall but was largely over in 48 hours
