Uploaded March 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Documenting the increasing racial violence in Britain, concentrating on the British National Party (BNP) and their opposition in the form of the Anti-Nazi League (ANL) and the Anti-Racist Alliance (ARA).
Examines the forms of violence, arson attacks, murders and vandalism attributed to the BNP. Then examines the rivalry and use of violent tactics by the anti-racist groups, in the light of the Welling riots in September 1993. Includes comments from families of murdered black youths who claim that the anti-racist parties hijacked their campaigns for justice for their own political ends.
Also looks at Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) which has a 25-member `away team' which can cause confrontation and violence. Comments and interviews come from Mark Wandworth, National Secretary of the ARA; Ken Livingstone MP; Paul Holborow, national organiser of the ANL; Gary McFarlane ANL organiser; Deputy Assistant Commissioner David Osland of the Metropolitan Police; Paul Heron organiser of the YRE; Peter Kilfoyle MP; Richard Adams father of murder victim Rolan Adams; Ramesh Sharma uncle of murder victim Rohit Sharma; and Doreen Lawrence mother of murder victim Stephen Lawrence.
Documenting the increasing racial violence in Britain, concentrating on the British National Party (BNP) and their opposition in the form of the Anti-Nazi League (ANL) and the Anti-Racist Alliance (ARA).
Examines the forms of violence, arson attacks, murders and vandalism attributed to the BNP. Then examines the rivalry and use of violent tactics by the anti-racist groups, in the light of the Welling riots in September 1993. Includes comments from families of murdered black youths who claim that the anti-racist parties hijacked their campaigns for justice for their own political ends.
Also looks at Youth Against Racism in Europe (YRE) which has a 25-member `away team' which can cause confrontation and violence. Comments and interviews come from Mark Wandworth, National Secretary of the ARA; Ken Livingstone MP; Paul Holborow, national organiser of the ANL; Gary McFarlane ANL organiser; Deputy Assistant Commissioner David Osland of the Metropolitan Police; Paul Heron organiser of the YRE; Peter Kilfoyle MP; Richard Adams father of murder victim Rolan Adams; Ramesh Sharma uncle of murder victim Rohit Sharma; and Doreen Lawrence mother of murder victim Stephen Lawrence.
