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New Zealand Professor Blair Peach was killed by police in England during a demonstration against fascism

46
years ago

23 April 1979,

New Zealand socialist professor Blair Peach was killed by the Special Police Patrol in England during a demonstration against fascism. He was beaten to leave him unconscious and died in the hospital. The jury called the incident an accident.

The Negu Gorria group told the event in the song for Reggae Peach, in the song version of Linton Kwesi Johnson.

 

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