"Here in Britain, we are slotted in nicely somewhere between devil dogs, England fans and serial killers in the tabloid scare story league, and things aren't much different in any other country."Īlong the way, Marshall gives us some brilliantly written portraits of the '60s skinhead scene, and of a skin's eye view of the Summer of Love, where: The book's purpose is to reclaim the skinhead tradition from the hands of the far right and the gutter press. It's also about what happens when the left fails to identify its interests with working class youth, and about how the space that opens up gets filled. ![]() "Spirit of '69" is about working class youth, having a crack. Cable Street Beat takes a look at a new book by George Marshall, which cuts through the myths to give a more balanced account of skinhead culture. ![]() The fascist skinhead has become part of the left's mythology.
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