The Angry Brigade

The Angry Brigade was a British libertarian communist urban guerilla group responsible for a long string of bomb attacks around Britain between 1970 and 1972. Strongly influenced by anarchism and the Situationists, their targets included banks, embassies and the homes of Tory MPs. In total, 25 bombings were attributed to them by the police. The damage done by the bombings was mostly limited to property damage although one person was slightly injured. The actions of the Brigade came to an end in one of the longest political trials of English history (May 30 1972 - December 6). As a result of the trial John Barker, Jim Greenfield, Hilary Creek and Anna Mendleson received sentences of 10 years. A number of other defendants were found not guilty including Black Flag publisher and former political prisoner Stuart Christie.

Books

• The Angry Brigade 1967-1984: Documents and Chronology
• Anarchy in the UK: The Angry Brigade Tom Vague
• Granny Made me an Anarchist: General Franco, The Angry Brigade and Me Stuart Christie
• The Angry Brigade: A history of Britain's first urban guerilla group. Gordon Carr, 1975

See also

• Black Mask
• King Mob
• Movement 2 June
• Os Cangaceiros
• Weather Underground

External links

• libcom.org - libertarian community and organising resource. Libertarian communism and anarchism in the UK
• Angry Brigade: Documents and Chronology, 1967-1984
• John Barker's review of Tom Vague's Anarchy in the UK: the Angry Brigade
• Look back in anger (An article by The Observer on the 30th Anniversary of their trial)
• Interview with Stuart Christie (3:AM Magazine)