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2 April 1980: Members of the community in the St Pauls district of Bristol, a city which had previously been a major port in the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans, responded to an attack by local police on the Black and White Cafe, in Grosvenor Road. Several hours later, 130 people had been arrested, and 25 people had been taken to hospital, including 19 police and members of the press.
 
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Saturday 11 April 1981: The most intense day of fighting during what was officially described as "The Brixton Disorders 10-12 April 1981", popularly known as "the Brixton riot" and more recently described as "the Brixton Uprising"
Fascinating. Good photos too. The middle picture must be the corner of Leeson Road where the Windsor Castle pub burnt down.
I think I knew the two white guys at the front of the bottom picture - the foremost looks like a young Mike Bright who was a (Labour) councillor at the time.
Behind him the bearded guy whose name I can't immediately recall was a squatter who lived in a squat in Southwell Road Loughborough Junction where Tuesdays were "women's day" so he had to make himself scarce that day apparently.
As for the top, the Frontline Off-licence could anyone imagine this happening now with all our Hurray Henries etc?

Edited: I have struck through the councillor's name - I am assured that was not him.
 
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Saturday 17 April 1999: A a nail bomb with 1,500 four-inch nails in it exploded in Electric Avenue, Brixton Market, physically injuring nearly 50 people, and mentally traumatising many, many others, including the specific community that the terrorist concerned considered his intended target.


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Saturday 11 April 1981: The most intense day of fighting during what was officially described as "The Brixton Disorders 10-12 April 1981", popularly known as "the Brixton riot" and more recently described as "the Brixton Uprising"
Thanks for posting this.
By the way, the riots of 1981 were described as "uprisings" by a number of people at the time.
 
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10 May 1994: After Azania's (South Africa's) first national democratic elections held on 27 April 1994, the president of the African National Congress, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, was sworn in as the first African president of Azania (South Africa) after being unanimously elected by parliament.
 
On 18 June 1940 the German Ambassador to the Soviet Union Graf von der Schulenburg in his telegram have said that earlier V. Molotov had "warmly" congratulated him on Germany's recent success in France and added that:[a]

«[…] it had become necessary to put an end to all the intrigues by which England and France had tried to sow discord and mistrust between Germany and the Soviet Union in the Baltic States.[…]Lithuanian border was evidently inadequately guarded. The Soviet Government would, therefore, if requested, assist the Lithuanian Government in guarding its borders.»

Soviet Occupation of the Baltic States

OTD in 1940 USSR invited Nazi ambassador over to pass very warm congratulations to Hitler for the rapid Nazi conquest of France.

telegram of Graf von der Schulenburg

Darth Putin on twitter/X
 
9/11 (11/9) innit?


We had a road near me named after him. Unfortunately, our Tory cancel culture council decided to rename it after Zlensky instead and accused any of us who protested of being Russian stooges, despite us being happy to have a Zlensky road on any of the other non descript named roads in town.
 
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On the evening of Saturday 5 October 1985, Tottenham housewife, Cynthia Jarrett, was allegedly knocked to the floor in her own home during a police raid involving four police officers led by DC Michael Randle of the Metropolitan Police, in search of "stolen property".

Mrs Jarrett died of heart failure.

No stolen property was found.
 
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