Blair Peach

Southall ’79, when the police killed Blair Peach
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Southall ’79, when the police killed Blair Peach

The Nazi National Front came to the heart of the Asian community in West London on 23 April 1979. They wanted to humiliate but instead provoked rebellion. Rampaging police arrested scores, injured many and murdered Blair Peach. Tomáš Tengely-Evans looks back at the crucial battle
19 April 2019
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35 years since they murdered Blair Peach, cops still get away with murder

On 23 April 1979 the fascist National Front (NF) called a public meeting in Southall town hall, west London.The meeting was in support of its general election candidate J Fairhurst.
22 April 2014
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NUT conference: Blair Peach award

The Blair Peach award was given out for the first time at this year’s NUT conference. Fittingly, the award was made on the 32nd anniversary of Blair’s death, on Saturday 23 April.
26 April 2011
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04 May 2010
Official: cops murdered anti-racist Blair Peach
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Official: cops murdered anti-racist Blair Peach

Anti-Nazi protester Blair Peach was "almost certainly" killed by police during a demonstration against the National Front in Southall, west London, in 1979.
27 April 2010
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Blair Peach coroner’s bias

The incredible bias of the coroner in the Blair Peach case is revealed in new documents.
26 January 2010
Police report into death of Blair Peach may finally be released
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Police report into death of Blair Peach may finally be released

The report into the death of Anti Nazi League and Socialist Workers Party member Blair Peach in 1979 got a step closer to seeing the light of day this week.
15 December 2009
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Open the Blair Peach files

The Metropolitan Police carried out a secret inquiry ten years ago into the death of anti-Nazi teacher Blair Peach in Southall in 1979, it has been revealed.
06 October 2009
Police to release report into death of Blair Peach
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Police to release report into death of Blair Peach

The police report into the death of anti-racist campaigner and Socialist Workers Party member Blair Peach should finally be published more than 30 years after he was killed at an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in Southall, west London.
30 June 2009
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Blair Peach: killed by police

Monday 23 April 1979 was a stormy day in west London. Schools were still on Easter holiday. Ealing’s arterial Uxbridge Road was strangely quiet because the buses were on strike, as were many food and textile factories.
21 April 2009
‘Southall was under state occupation’ the day Blair Peach died
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‘Southall was under state occupation’ the day Blair Peach died

When the Nazi NF announced that that they were to hold a general election meeting at Southall town hall people in the area were sickened.
21 April 2009
Bias revelations in Blair Peach case
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Bias revelations in Blair Peach case

There is new evidence that a Tory government suppressed documents showing the coroner in the inquest into the death of Blair Peach on a 1979 Anti Nazi League demonstration was biased.
09 September 2006
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“Police hit him with a lead-filled cosh” – 25 years since Blair Peach died

"As the police rushed past him, one of them hit him on the head with the stick. I was in my garden and saw this quite clearly. He was left sitting against the wall. He tried to get up, but he was shivering and looked very strange. He couldn't stand. Then the police came back and told him, 'Move! Come on, move!' They were very rough with him and I was shocked because it was clear he was seriously hurt."
01 May 2004