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Book SynopsisIn London in 1984 two very different cities came into conflict, one rooted in radical politics and the other shaped by Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative government. This was a city poised between two eras and identities, remoulded in conflicting ways by social democracy and neoliberalism. Using a wide array of sources, many of which have never been used before, London, 1984 explores the radical history of the capital in this tumultuous era, from a major anti-apartheid march in central London to an alternative childcare centre in Dalston, from a protest staged on the Thames against Docklands development to tensions on housing estates in the East End and Tottenham around racial violence and policing, from a raid on a gay bookshop in Bloomsbury to the Greater London Council''s attempt to build a challenge to Thatcherism from County Hall, Lambeth, and from controversial and well-known historical actors, such as Ken Livingstone and Margaret Thatcher, to the compelling stories of numero
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: GLC London, 1981-4 2: Anti-Racist Year 3: Capital City? People's Armadas, Pop, and Planning 4: A City for Women? 5: Gay's the Word 6: Dalston Children's Centre 7: The Anti-Apartheid March 8: Lincoln Estate 9: Westminster and Broadwater Farm Conclusion Bibliography Index
