Collections Display - People's History Museum: The national museum of democracy

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Catalogue Number
NMLH.1993.185.55

Object Name
Badge

Title
Free Southall Prisoners / Stop the Trials

Place
Southall

People
Southall Campaign Committee; Blair Peach

Description
Badge, "Free Southall Prisoners Stop The Trials" badge, made by the Southall Campaign Committee. The badge is yellow, with red lettering at the top reading "Free Southall Prisoners". Beneath is a black and white drawing of a man behind prison bars. Directly below the image reads "Stop the Trials". The badge likely refers to those arrested following unrest in Southall in 1979, when the police clashed with an Anti-fascist demonstration aimed at stopping an election meeting of the National Front. The Police extensively used batons during the unrest, leading to many injuries and the killing of Blair Peach.

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"Free Southall Prisoners badge" [NMLH.1993.185.55]