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RAR! RAR! Disputin'! The History of Rock Against Racism

John Harris, New Musical Express, 16 October 1993

 

ON APRIL 16, 1990, a proud man who'd spent 27 years in the custody of a vicious racist regime arrived in London. He'd come to address a pop concert; a gathering of 70,000 people who were being entertained by a huge group of international musicians.

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