People's Free Carnival

In 1971, there was an angry hippy carnival in Notting Hill that was a call to all progressive people. Black people were to smash the racist immigration bill and worker of Britain to smash the Industrial Relations bill. All progressive people united and smashed growing fascism, and rallied on July 25 1971 for ‘Black Unity and Freedom Party’. In the summer there were several occasions of this at different locations. They had gigs to benefit local causes. There was an underground press add for the ‘People’s Free Carnival” August 29-September 4 1971’ proclaimed that ‘The Streets of Notting Hill Belong to the People’. And if people wanted or had more information about rock n’ roll, street bands, street theatre, many goodies, any bands, people, ideas or help of any sort, to contact Frendz or People’s Association. The fest continued all week, and people wanted it to be as noisy as possible in the road to make their voices be heard. They made the Notting Hill Free Carnival become a week of music, theatre, and dancing in the street. Unfortunately, the Angry Carnival was busted by a bomb squad. However, to stand up for their rights through positive methods are consider remarkable.