At the Army & Navy Store on Ranelagh Street (Liverpool) in the 1980s, securityaccused a black 15 year-old of stealing the coat he was wearing. When he refusedto show them its inside, they wrestled him to the ground and ripped it off,revealing that it was in fact his coat. He complained to the store through asolicitor, but was told that after a "full investigation ... we fully support theactions of our security staff". So he went to the Liverpool Black Organisation(LBO). ---- Halfpennies were still legal tender at the time, you could spend upto 40p. So the LBO visited the store on Saturday morning. The plan was that onegroup would try to pay for items at the 8 tills with halfpennies, while otherswould pretend to faint or untangle laces, hitting their profits and causing aninconvenience for staff and customers alike. There would be a vicar and solicitoron the door to deal with any issues. The plan was to repeat this every Saturdayuntil their demands were met, but it only took 2 hours. All of the LBOs demandswere met, including reimbursing the victim and pledging to become an equalopportunity employer. The LBO later apologised to the staff for the disruption.The LBO also occupied the Caribbean Centre after its Director made derogatoryremarks about"half-castes". A\er the 1981 Toxteth Riots, the LBO became the L8Defence Committee.The above information was based on ‘A Liverpool Black History 1919-2019‘ by DaveClay, a short and affordable introduction to the topic.https://liverpoolanarchist.wordpress.com/2021/12/06/a-half-penny-how-many/_________________________________________A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C EBy, For, and About AnarchistsSend news reports to A-infos-en mailing listA-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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