The 1970s
Life Before Thatcher
Spies, Lies And The Coup
State Repression In The 70s
Date: Tuesday 23rd November
Venue: The Hatchet - (upstairs), 27 Frogmore St., BS1 5NA.
Time: 7:30pm
Price: Donations
Speakers: Larry O’Hara
The rise of militancy in the workplace, universities and the new left in the early 1970s Britain generated a reaction by the ‘secret state’. A major campaign was launched by Special Branch and MI5 to infiltrate and destabilise these arenas, which culminated in a plot to overthrow Harold Wilson’s Labour government in the mid 1970s. Investigative researcher Larry O’Hara will give an overview of the period, looking at the tactics and strategies of the secret state.
