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I was gripped and loved the way it took me through different elements of popular culture, personal reflection, policy. It is the best account of the relationship between punk and the Anti-Nazi League / Rock Against Racism. Lucy Robinson, Professor in Collaborative History, University of Sussex. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the post-war history of racist and fascist movements and the strategies of resistance to them. Hsiao-Hung Pai, author of Angry White People. Dave Renton's book helps us understand a pivotal moment in the defeat of fascism; it addresses the militant tradition of anti-fascism with real consideration. Louise Purbrick, contributor to Physical Resistance: A Hundred Years of Anti-Fascism.

I was gripped and loved the way it took me through different elements of popular culture, personal reflection, policy. It is the best account of the relationship between punk and the Anti-Nazi League / Rock Against Racism. Lucy Robinson, Professor in Collaborative History, University of Sussex. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the post-war history of racist and fascist movements and the strategies of resistance to them. Hsiao-Hung Pai, author of Angry White People. Dave Renton's book helps us understand a pivotal moment in the defeat of fascism; it addresses the militant tradition of anti-fascism with real consideration. Louise Purbrick, contributor to Physical Resistance: A Hundred Years of Anti-Fascism. ã

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David Renton is a British barrister, historian and author. His previous books include Fascism: Theory and Practice (1999), Fascism, Anti-Fascism and Britain in the 1940s (2000), This Rough Game: Fascism and Anti-Fascism (2001), British Fascism, the Labour Movement and the State (2004, with Nigel Copsey) and When We Touched the Sky: The Anti-Nazi League 1977–1981 (2006).

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