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The Optimists – Mull Of Kintyre (1981) Vinyl Album 7″

The Optimists – Mull Of Kintyre (1981) Vinyl Album 7″

2 Tracks – Punk, Oi, Rock

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The original skinhead subculture started in the United Kingdom in late 1960s, and had heavy British mod and Jamaican rude boy influences, including a love for ska and soul music.
Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP) are anti-racist skinheads who oppose white power skinheads, neo-fascists and other political racists, particularly if they identify themselves as skinheads. SHARPs aim to reclaim the multicultural identity of the original skinheads, hijacked in their views by white power skinheads, who they sometimes deride as "boneheads".
Beyond the common opposition to racism, SHARP professes no political ideology or affiliation, stressing the importance of the Jamaican influence in the original late-1960s skinhead movement. SHARP is open to non-skinheads, and punks or anarchists have often joined the movement to fight neo-Nazis.