LOOK BACK IN ANGER: Hackney Council 1996-1997

 Following my - and other members - appearance at the Undercover Policing Inquiry there has been renewed interest in the work of Hackney Community Defence Association (HCDA) Hackney Trade Union Support Unit and the Colin Roach Centre. (CRC) Organisations that existed from 1987 to 1998. 

Funds have been found by Notes from Below to archive the CRC archives. This is great news. 

This follows the archiving of the HCDA (for which over the last 15-20 years there have been numerous approaches and discussions regarding making a film or documentary or series of podcasts - none of which have come to anything serious) materials. 

Readers can already read many of the most important booklets and magazines on my site at:- https://markwrite.co.uk/

Amongst these materials is the CRC magazine RPM. 

And what follows is a piece of mine written for issue 4 and which takes a look at Hackney Council between 1996 and 1997.