Posts tagged with "Britain's first urban guerilla group"



The Angry Brigade, Britain's first urban guerrila anarchist group in 1972
This week we are uploading a fascinating documentary about the Angry Brigade. The Angry Brigade was an anarchist terrorist group who carried out a series of bomb attacks in England between 1970 and 1972. Their small-scale, but frequent campaigns targeted banks, embassies, a BBC Outside Broadcast vehicle, and the homes of Conservative MPs. In total, 25 bombings were attributed to the Angry Brigade. The bombings caused mainly damage to property. Members of the brigade were brought to trial in one

Crass anarcho-punk band with Steve Ignorant and Penny Rimbaud
This week we are uploading a fascinating short documentary, about 1970s-1980s anarchist movements in Britain. After authorities had began politically targeting anarchist groups such as the Angry Brigade in the early 1970s, the decade then saw massive state investment of human and financial resources in a bid to effectively wipe out any groups politically opposed to statism. The ongoing conflict culminated with the notorious 'Persons Unknown' trial. Crass Anarcho-punk band footage too.

Anna Mendelssohn from the Angry Brigade, Britain's first urban guerrila anarchist group in 1972
This week we are uploading a fascinating documentary about Anna Mendelssohn who was associated with the Angry Brigade. The Angry Brigade was an anarchist terrorist group who carried out a series of bomb attacks in England between 1970 and 1972. Their small-scale, but frequent campaigns targeted banks, embassies, a BBC Outside Broadcast vehicle, and the homes of Conservative MPs. In total, 25 bombings were attributed to the Angry Brigade.