Indeed, in San Francisco a number of skins took an active part in the anti-Apartheid and South Africa divestment demos in the late 1980s. At one point they mixed up several pounds of pennies with red paint --i.e. "blood money""-- and we students joined them in throwing handfuls into into a number of BofA branches from the Mission to Union Square. It was a repeat of similar activities that they had carried out earlier in the decade during the War Chest Tours demos.
- Juan Eric Johnson wrote: > I also was recruited to leftist politics out of the 1980's skinhead scene in > the US. >> From: Nick Fredman <n.fredman...@scu.edu.au> >> Subject: Re: [Marxism] English skinheads wave ... Israeli flag! >> To: ewjohnso...@yahoo.com >> Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 8:11 AM >> A minor point, but "skinhead" is a >> stylistic rather than a political >> position. The cropped head and Doc Marten footed look has >> historical >> connections to ska and reggae, the 80s mod revival, and >> anti-racism >> and leftist politics, > ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
