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Brixton Riots 1981 and 1985 (42 images)

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Brixton, Summer 1981. The Thatcher government had really got into its stride, attacking the unions, workers, the poor and the vulnerable. Tension had been rising as the police were increasingly being seen as a political tool for the Conservative party. The oppressive and racist police presence that had sparked the April uprising with the deliberately opressive Swamp 81 operation had been strengthened and were acting in an increasingly provocative manner. When the...
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