Lewisham Archives

2023 Datacide 19

Neil Transpontine September 15, 2023July 5, 2024 1 Comment anti-fascism, Drag Event, Far Right, Lewisham

Defending Drag: South London is still Anti-Fascist

Defending Drag: South London is still Anti-Fascist reports on the right-wing anti-drag protests and anti-fascist counter-protests in Honor Oak, South London in 2023.

2017 Articles Datacide 17

Neil Transpontine February 5, 2018July 26, 2024 2 Comments 2017, Anti Fascist Action, anti-fascism, Battle of Lewisham, Lewisham, National Front, New Cross, Socialist Workers Party

Lewisham ’77 – Myth and Anti-fascist History

In August 1977, the National Front’s march in South East London met fierce resistance from anti-fascists, resulting in violent clashes known as the Battle of Lewisham. The event was commemorated on its 40th anniversary in 2017 to highlight its historical significance and contemporary relevance in fighting racism and fascism.

Datacide is a magazine that covers experimental electronic music, from the avantgarde to hard dance music, its intersections with radical politics and counterculture, in-depth political and historical analysis and critique as well as experimental fiction, poetry and visual works. In each issue there is an extensive record review section as well as detailed book reviews, comics and news items.Datacide is not affiliated with or part of any specific political group but engages in a revolutionary critique that rejects the historically discredited strains of leftism associated with Social Democracy and Leninism, drawing instead on the rich heritage of dissident Marxism, libertarian communism and critical theory.Datacide is a critical voice in the increasingly irrational and rightward lurching 'posttruth' times of conspiratorial world views and identity politics.