The two subcultures had much in common and a degree of cross-fertilisation and mutual respect had already begun. The 1978 Carnival’s line-up has come to symbolise RAR’s cultural achievements, combining punk (The Clash and Sham 69’s Jimmy Pursey) with reggae (Steel Pulse and Misty). The movement reached a high point with the 1978 ANL/RAR Carnival in east London, which attracted around 100,000 people – many of whom marched the five miles from Trafalgar Square to Victoria Park. It arose among the political and economic crisis of the mid-1970s with much of the left demoralised by the sellouts of the Labour government and the National Front (NF) on the rise. The movement was formed in 1976 from a letter sent to the music press by Red Saunders and others following Eric Clapton’s racist remarks praising Enoch Powell. Most readers of this journal will be familiar with the history and political context of RAR, which is outlined very well in the book.
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He argues that RAR was a genuine mass movement comprising diverse and independent forces, but that the SWP’s politics and ideological tradition were a crucial formative influence. Ian Goodyer’s timely study of RAR aims for the first time to set the movement fully in its cultural and political context and particularly to examine the relationship between RAR and what he calls its “main political sponsor” – the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). An analysis of RAR also forms part of Dave Renton’s history of the Anti Nazi League (ANL), When We Touched The Sky. Widgery’s book Beating Time (sadly out of print) brilliantly conveys the political excitement, creative energy and visual flair of RAR from the perspective of a leading participant. The “Love Music Hate Racism” slogan was coined by David Widgery in the first issue of the Rock Against Racism (RAR) fanzine Temporary Hoarding. Love Music Hate Racism (LMHR) – in tandem with Unite Against Fascism (UAF) – has played a key role in the movement to take on the British National Party (BNP) and the English Defence League (EDL), and face down a resurgent racism in Britain over the past decade.
Lee Billingham Book Review We want rebel musicįrom International Socialism 2 : 130, Spring 2011.Ĭopied with thanks from the International Socialism Website.Ĭrisis Music: The Cultural Politics of Rock Against Racism Lee Billingham: We want rebel music (Spring 2011)Įncyclopedia of Trotskyism | Marxists’ Internet Archive.
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