Hackney History Festival: Rock Against Racism in Victoria Park
May 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Rock against Racism in Victoria Park.
1978. 100,000 music fans walked seven miles from Trafalgar Square to Victoria Park. To protest against the National Front. To rejoice in the music of punk and reggae. And to watch X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse and the Clash. This was Rock Against Racism. Anti-racist, Anti-sexist. And a warning to the divisive rhetoric of rock gods like Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart and David Bowie.
Daniel Rachel, author of Walls Come Tumbling: the music and politics of Rock Against, 2 Tone & Red Wedge in conversation with Andrew Harrison.
NOTE: Hackney Half takes place in the morning with some road closures and disruption to buses, so you are advised to travel by train to Homerton Station or walk/cycle.
Location
Chat’s Palace, E9 6DF