Juxtapoz Magazine – Rock Against Racism: Photographs From a Unique Moment in 1970s Britian

Juxtapoz Magazine – Rock Against Racism: Photographs From a Unique Moment in 1970s Britian

Between 1976 and 1981, the movement Rock Against Racism (RAR) confronted racist ideology in the streets, parks and town halls of Britain. RAR was form…

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RAR did not have an official photographer but Syd Shelton has produced the largest collection of images on the movement. He captured the history-making RAR Carnival 1 at Victoria Park, London in 1978, and demonstrations such as the Anti National Front Demonstration in Lewisham in 1977. RAR organised five carnivals and some 500 gigs across Britain.