United Black Youth League
The United Black Youth League (UBYL) was an English militant anti-fascist, anti-imperialist and anti-racist self-defence organisation from Bradford, West Yorkshire, primarily made up of South Asian and West Indian-descended young people. It was founded in 1981 as a splinter group of the Asian Youth Movement, later that year twelve of its members, referred to as the Bradford Twelve by media outlets, were "charged following allegations that they had manufactured explosives in anticipation of a large scale attack by fascist groups", being acquitted in June 1982 when the court decided they had acted in self-defence. A variety of journalists and scholars described the case as the "trial of the decade".
United Black Youth League - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia United Black Youth League Formation 1981 Purpose Anti-fascism , anti-imperialism , anti-racism Headquarters Bradford Region served West Yorkshire The United Black Youth League ( UBYL ) was an English militant anti-fascist , anti-imperialist and anti-racist self-defence organisation from Bradford , West Yorkshire , primarily made up of South Asian and West Indian -descended young people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was founded in 1981 as a splinter group of the Asian Youth Movement, later that year tw
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