Catalogue Number
NMLH.2020.5.168
Object Name
badge
Title
Gays Against Nazis
People
Anti-Nazi League
Description
Light pink badge with black text reading "Gays Against the Nazis" around a black arrow, the logo of the Anti-Nazi League (ANL.)
The ANL was an anti-racist and anti-fascist campaign group that ran between 1977 and 1981 to oppose the rise of far-right groups such as the National Front. It was re-established in the 1990s to oppose the new far-right group the British National Party. In 2004, ANL affiliated with the National Assembly Against Racism to create Unite Against Fascism. The pointed arrow became a symbol for anti-fascist and anti-racist action in the UK through the 1970s and â80s.
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