E33: Asian youth movements in Bradford, part 1

Working Class History

Society & Culture, Education, History

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🗓️ 28 October 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

First part of our double episode about anti-racist Asian youth movements in Bradford, England in the 1970s and 80s. We speak to Tariq Mehmood about the Asian Youth Movement, the United Black Youth League, and the his seminal trial as one of the so-called Bradford 12.
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These will be the first in an occasional series of episodes looking at different aspects of Asian youth movements in Britain at different cities at that time.
Check out full show notes, as well as more information, photos and sources here on our website: https://workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e28-29-asian-youth-movements-in-bradford/

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0:00.0	In the 1970s and 80s, Asian young people in Britain up and down the country organised themselves to a post-racism.
0:07.0	They fought discrimination in factories and mills, campaigned for migrant families,
0:11.0	and fought against racists, fascists and the police who defended them in the streets.
0:16.0	This is working class history.
0:38.3	Hi and welcome back to WCHIPH podcast. We're going to be making a series of podcasts about Britain's Asian youth movements.
0:43.3	While they all had things in common, they had different features as well.
0:46.3	So we're going to be looking at different movements in different geographical areas.
0:50.3	So we're starting off with the experiences of young people in Bradford.
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