Despite a surge of reform and new initiatives in response to the riots of 1981, the past decade has seen us drifting back. Nearly 40 years on, the events of April 1981 form a single chapter in a long story. I recently rediscovered the notes of a meeting hastily convened by the Brixton Society on the Tuesday after the original riot. …

Exploring how Brixton might move forward through the lens of one of Brixton’s most iconographic and historically significant buildings. An interview with Steadman Scott, founder member of the nationally acclaimed Afewee Training Centre at the Brixton Recreation Centre which for 20 years has run on the dedication of volunteers offering…

Art as a form of Resistance. What will you create? If art doesn’t contain a force capable of toppling regimes, why are the powerful so quick to shut it down? Why did they blow up the buddhas in Bimiyan, outlaw music in Mali, imprison Pussy Riot? …

Amanda Carter, Brixton based political activist, interviews Clifford Stott, professor of social psychology, known for his advisory work on policing crowds without force on 23rd June 2020. Based at Keele University, Stott’s research in political dissent explores how peaceful protests change to become violent through observing the psychology of crowds…

Lee Jasper reflects on how Black British history, with a focus on 1981's Brixton Uprising, is remembered. Throughout British history, there are many examples of “riotous disorder” that have become celebrated as part of a progressive movement to change. …