1970s- Britain's Uprising Against The Far Right _ Defiance _ Channel 4 Docum_Full-HD

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Strong and discriminatory language throughout.

The story of how - from 1976 to 1981 - Britain's Asian community stood tall against far-right violence and a rising tide of racist murders.

In 1976, young Sikh Gurdip Singh Chaggar is murdered in west London. The National Front are rising. So young British Asians join forces to defend themselves. A National Front rally in Southall turns violent. Questions about police brutality arise when anti-racist teacher Blair Peach dies. The Southall Youth Movement clash with skinheads. In a landmark case, youths in Bradford must persuade a jury of their right to self-defence.

00:00 Episode One
46:33 Episode Two
1:32:43 Episode Three

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