Today in Labor History February 9, 1969: The anarchist Angry Brigade bombed the Bank of Spain in Liverpool, England. The Angry Brigade was a far-left group that committed 25 bombings in England between 1969 and 1972. They targeted banks, embassies, the BBC, and the homes of Conservative Members of Parliament. No one was killed in the bombings. 8 people later stood trial, four were acquitted. John Barker, along with Hilary Creek, Anna Mendelssohn and Jim Greenfield, were convicted on majority verdicts, and sentenced to ten years.

Italian anarchist #GiuseppePinelli fell to his death from the 4th floor of a police HQ #OTD #15dicembre 1969.

In my book 'All You Need is Dynamite' I reveal how in revenge, local revolutionaries bombed the Italian consul in Manchester #AngryBrigade One of the people later accused of the Manchester attack was a former Head Girl of Stockport High School for Girls. The book documents this local terror group. At least one of them was a big fan of #LSD He’s interviewed in the book.