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Radio 4,31 May 1991,15 mins

Tompkins Square Park Riot (1988)

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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The social injustice which sparked riots in Tompkins Square Park in 1988, and how the social acceptibilty of homelessness has changed over the years.

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