“We didn’t stop racism but we made it fashionable to be an anti-racist”

Rebel Women

Ruth Gregory’s grandmother was a suffragette, and her parents early members of CND. In 1976 she would make her own mark on the world, as she joined the Rock Against Racism collective. Using music, the group would change the cultural landscape of Britain.

In this fourth series of Rebel Women, we have partnered with the Museum of Youth Culture to bring you stories of rebellious of youth through the ages. Each episode will tell previously unheard stories of women who changed society.

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If you would like to submit a story about growing up in Britain to the Museum of Youth Culture, visit their website at https://museumofyouthculture.com/submit/

RAR-RAP (Rock Against Racism – Research ‘n’ Archive Project) was initiated in 2018 by Lucy Whitman, Kate Webb, Ruth Gregory and Andy Dark to catalogue the unique archives and develop an analysis which acknowledges the vibrant multi-tone nation, Rock Against Racism was embedded in at the time, as a vital component in making change.

RAR-RAP utilises collaborative exhibition making as a research tool to reflect on a collective memory and a collective narrative, appropriate to what RAR was: an example of participatory, organic organisation. This form of horizontal governance has contemporary resonance in movements of today. Using a time-line (drawn up by Wayne Minter) as a map through our archives, RAR-RAP has explored what we did and how we did it – how we communicated in a pre-digital age – what life was like around us and who the other campaigns that we collaborated with were.

Rebel Women is part of the Women Activists of East London project, which has been developed by Share UK, a non profit community group based in London. This podcast series is part of our 10th anniversary celebrations, showcasing the range of heritage and arts projects we’ve run over the past decade.

Special thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund for funding today’s episode.

Main theme by Dano Songs. Incidental music by Purple Planet Music and Balkan Night Train by Dieter van der Westen.

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