E111.1:  [TEASER] Poll tax revolt, bonus episode

E111.1: [TEASER] Poll tax revolt, bonus episode

Author: Working Class History October 1, 2025 Duration: 6:30
Preview extract of a bonus episode of our double podcast on the successful mass direct action campaign against the UK poll tax in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In conversation with Dave Morris from the Tottenham Anti-Poll Tax campaign and Haringey Solidarity Group. This part covers more information about Dave’s life and activism, different left strategies within the campaign, undercover police infiltration of the campaign, and community organising today.

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  • Edited by Engin Hassan

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