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Rebellion: Self Defence and the Story of the Bradford 12 is a gripping first-hand account of one of the most important - and forgotten - trials in modern British history.

In July 1981, twelve young Asian men in Bradford were arrested and charged with terrorism. Their crime: making petrol bombs to defend their community against a threatened invasion by racist skinheads. The police called it a bomb factory. The state called it conspiracy. The community called them their sons.

In this powerful memoir, Tariq Mehmood - one of the Bradford 12 - tells the story from the inside: the racist violence of 1970s and 80s Britain, the founding of the United Black Youth League, the dawn raids, the interrogations, the betrayal, and the five-week trial at Leeds Crown Court. He reveals how the police fabricated evidence, denied defendants access to solicitors, and placed a fascist skinhead in his cell. He also shows how a mass community campaign, built on the slogan Self-Defence Is No Offence, helped secure the acquittal of all twelve defendants.

Published alongside the BFI documentary film, Rebellion connects that historic struggle to the present: the rise of the far right, the criminalisation of Palestine solidarity, and the ongoing fight against state racism. As the author writes, this is not a finished story. It is an unfinished one - and you are part of it.