Second in a double podcast about the Angry Brigade, Britain’s first home-grown urban guerrilla group, in the 1960s and 70s, in conversation with John Barker, who was put on trial as part of the group.<br /><i>Our podcast is brought to you by our patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in return get exclusive early access to podcast episodes, ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, free and discounted merchandise and other content. Join us or find out more at <a href="https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">patreon.com/workingclasshistory</a></i><br />Continuing our recent series of episodes about the UK in the 1970s, this is a re-edited, improved and re-released version of our episodes 2-3. It contains numerous additional audio clips, and written narrative to provide context and more information.<br /><b>More information</b><br /><ul><li><a href="https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the-angry-brigade-a-history-of-britains-first-urban-guerilla-group" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Gordon Carr, The Angry Brigade: A History Of Britain’s First Urban Guerilla Group (PM Press, 2010)</a> – a detailed history of the Angry Brigade.</li><li><a href="https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the-angry-brigade-1967-1984-documents-and-chronology" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Angry Brigade 1967-1984: Documents And Chronology (Active Distribution)</a> – a pamphlet containing a detailed chronology of the organisation and the scene of which it was a part, as well as documents produced by the group</li><li><a href="https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the-angry-brigade-the-spectacular-rise-and-fall-of-britains-first-urban-guerilla-group-dvd" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Angry Brigade: The Spectacular Rise And Fall Of Britain’s First Urban Guerilla Group</a> – a DVD documentary by Gordon Carr on the history of the group.</li><li><a href="https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/futures-john-barker" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Barker, Futures (PM Press, 2014)</a> – novel by John Barker set in Thatcher’s Britain.</li><li><a href="https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/9948/angry-brigade" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Timeline of Stories about the Angry Brigade</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theharrier.net/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TheHarrier.net</a> – John Barker’s website including his other books and writings.</li><li><a href="https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/guy-debord-anselm-jappe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Anselm Jappe, Guy Debord (PM Press, 2018)</a> – the best biography of Situationist intellectual Guy Debord.</li><li><a href="https://shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/all/red-army-faction" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Red Army Faction books</a> – a collection of books about the German RAF.</li><li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL71HxBMvC6byAUIVUB3Hm_h4HLy26FIKr" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">John Barker’s radical London playlist</a> – a collection of tracks which Brigaders were listening to at the time.</li></ul><br /><b>Acknowledgements</b><br /><ul><li>Thanks to our patreon supporters for making this podcast possible. Special thanks to Jazz Hands, Jamison D. Saltsman and Fernando López Ojeda.</li><li>Edited by Tyler Hill</li><li>Theme tune is ‘Bella Ciao’, thanks for permission to use it from Dischi del Sole. You can <a href="http://www.alabianca.it/en/store/bravo-records-en/le-canzoni-di-bella-ciao-aa-vv/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">purchase it here</a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7xD0JiZZ16DfN4RKGvlYYT" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">stream it here</a>.</li></ul>More information, sources, and eventually a transcript on the webpage for this episode: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e83-4-angry-brigade/<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/working-class-history--5711490/support</a>.
