REMEMBER
REMEMBERWHAT HAPPENED? Forty years ago in Brixton, Black communities were living in poor housing with high unemployment, subject to racist reporting by the British media, as well as the political…
RESPECT
RESPECT THE PEOPLES WHOSE SHOULDERS WE STAND Meanwhile, the police launched SWAMP 81, an operation in which close to a thousand Black people were stopped and searched in South London…
RESIST
RESIST THE WHITENING OF OUR HISTORY Forty years later WHAT HAS CHANGED? What lessons have been learned? We still have ‘stop and search without suspicion’ used disproportionately against Black people,…
INSIGHT X INCITE
INSIGHT X INCITELEARN. THINK. MOVE DIFFERENTLY MAKING US WISER. We think that the best people to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Brixton Uprisings in 1981 are the people who…
REVOLUTION
REVOLUTION CALL FOR A REVOLUTION OF COMPASSION 81 ACTS OF EXUBERANT DEFIANCE is an invitation to learn about this radical past of Brixton, to come together in solidarity, to collaborate…
REFORM
REFORM Celebrate a leading voice fighting for racial justice today. Find out more about the sound of Black Britain in 1981. READ MORE Share a thought, a picture or pour…
REGROUP & RENEW
REGROUP & RENEW Learn more about working towards Dismantling Racism. READ MOREContribute to the Lived Experience Library. EMAIL TONY CEALYAdd your Sound of Resistance. READ MORESign up to support the…
APRIL 1981
APRIL 1981 WHAT HAPPENED? 81 Acts has been built from the ground up with over 300 people giving their time and energy for free to make it possible. They have…
BE AN AFRO SUPA HERO
BE An Afro Supa Hero Be an Afro Supa Hero In 1981, Black heroes of Brixton held the ‘Frontline’ in an Uprising that lasted from the 9th–11th of April. They…