Saturday, September 1, 2018

Bogside, Clydeside, join the dark side




This seems to be a slightly different edition of "The Angry Brigade 1967-1984", reviewed by me elsewhere. The little booklet contains communiqués of the Angry Brigade, an anarchist group in Britain which carried out a string of bombings and fire-bombings circa 1967-72. There is also a somewhat confusing chronology of events, which includes both actions of the Angry Brigade, those of other urban guerrilla groups, and completely anonymous explosions. The Brigade's main claim to fame was an attack on the home of Robert Carr, a government minister. The trial against the suspected members of the Brigade is covered, as are the communiqués and activities of a number of later copycat groups who used the name "Angry Brigade" to gain attention. I'm not sure whether this publication is really worth the buy, or whether the same material might be published somewhere else, too. It's certainly not worth paying over 100 dollars for!

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