US anti-racist skinhead punks fight Nazis

Anti-Racist Skinheads Fighting Nazis: The Baldies | full-length documentary

Ska, we take our cues from English Ska!

(Twin Cities PBS, March 7, 2022) Skinhead culture started as multi-cultural, working-class, and anti-racist but was soon co-opted by white supremacists. To fight back against Neo-Nazis, the Baldies formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota and beyond.

• 00:00 Minnesota Experience presents the Baldies
• 00:29 This is the story of the Baldies
• 05:54 The origins of Skinhead culture and it’s anti-racist and working-class roots
• 11:21 Becoming the Baldies
• 16:26 The media takes over the term “Skinhead”
• 18:32 White supremacy, Nazis, and the Baldies
• 25:27 White power bands in Minnesota
• 26:18 The Baldies and the mob mentality
• 29:33 The women of the Baldies fighting sexism
• 32:38 Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice and Anti-Racist Action
• 37:01 The Baldies’ violent interactions with Nazis…and its consequences
• 39:03 The Baldies come to Portland
• 42:33 White supremacy through lines -- from the 80s to now
• 45:26 Members of the Baldies now

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