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An insurrection in words: East End voices in the 1970s

University of Sheffield

From 1971 to 1976, Chris Searle was at the centre of a number of events in the East End of London that, nearly four decades on, continue to resonate. This article uses a combination of reminiscence, reflection, contemporaneous and retrospective accounts, and engagement with the writings of Searle himself, to explore the meanings of the ‘Stepney Words insurrection’ and the creation of the Basement Writers. The article is informed by ideas of critical literacy, including Paulo Freire’s ‘pedagogy of the oppressed’, and argues that community publishing can be seen as an expression of working-class agency and active citizenship within an alternative or ‘plebeian public sphere’.

Key Words: Basement Writers • children’s poetry • Chris Searle • community media • critical literacy • Paulo Freire • pedagogy • Sir John Cass school • Stepney Words • working-class writing

Race & Class, Vol. 51, No. 2, 3-17 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0306396809345573


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