Hate Against Hope
Alan Dein hears the story of how London's East End Bangladeshi community 30 years ago found itself reliving the anti-racist struggles of the past.
Alan Dein hears how London's East End Bangladeshi community forged new alliances to oppose racism in the 1970s and 80s.
The East End had been a centre of racial struggle and opposition since the 1930s, when Oswald Mosely's Blackshirts had paraded through the then largely Jewish streets around Brick Lane. By the 1970s a new wave of predominantly Bangladeshi immigrants faced racism again from the National Front and its sympathisers.
As provocation and attacks increased, this community made new alliances with local anti-fascist activists, culminating in large-scale movements such as Rock Against Racism. Once again Brick Lane and the streets beyond became a battleground.
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- Sat 6 Mar 201020:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 8 Mar 201015:00BBC Radio 4
