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By the way, the book is out now on Leach Press: The New Age Travellers: A History by Dicky Dread
The New Age Travellers – A History (1960–1990) traces the rise, everyday life and suppression of Britain’s New Age Traveller movement. From squats, free festivals, punk and peace camps to convoy living, it tells how thousands rejected property, hierarchy and wage labour in favour of communal, mobile lives. Drawing on lived experience and social history, the book captures creativity, hardship and mutual aid on the road, alongside growing media hostility, policing and legal repression. It culminates in the Battle of the Beanfield and its aftermath, arguing that this was not a lifestyle fad but a serious cultural and political challenge – one whose spirit survived long after the crackdowns.
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By the way, the book is out now on Leach Press: The New Age Travellers: A History by Dicky Dread
The New Age Travellers – A History (1960–1990) traces the rise, everyday life and suppression of Britain’s New Age Traveller movement. From squats, free festivals, punk and peace camps to convoy living, it tells how thousands rejected property, hierarchy and wage labour in favour of communal, mobile lives. Drawing on lived experience and social history, the book captures creativity, hardship and mutual aid on the road, alongside growing media hostility, policing and legal repression. It culminates in the Battle of the Beanfield and its aftermath, arguing that this was not a lifestyle fad but a serious cultural and political challenge – one whose spirit survived long after the crackdowns.
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The Canary: 40 years on, an astonishing new archive documents the Battle of the Beanfield. “1 June 2025 sees the 40th anniversary of the ‘Battle of the Beanfield’ – one of the darkest days in contemporary British history, when a convoy of 150 vehicles heading to the people’s free festival at Stonehenge was ambushed in a quiet corner of Wiltshire, contained in a field for several […]
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#Australian #BorderForce #profiling impacts #Young #Asian #Women & #GenderDiverse #Travellers as potential #migrant #SexWorkers.
"I was #unfairly #targeted, #questioned, and #forced to #grant #access to my #phone without #reasonable #cause.” #transgender #woman #claims
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Australia #Travel #Tourism #PinkTourism #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia
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