ABSTRACT
The launch of the Anti-Nazi League came at a fortunate time for Rock Against Racism (RAR ). The members of the Rock Against Racism committee were not at the Brighton gig, so all that the likes of Saunders, Webb, or Widgery had to go on was the audience's response to the band. The decision to call the event a 'Carnival' raises questions about the relationship between black and white in both RAR and the Anti-Nazi League. While RAR was having to deal with the issues, one sign of the success of the anti-fascist campaign was the coverage increasingly given to it in the Front's press. At RAR conferences, a portion of the time was devoted to publicising RAS. A number of local Rock Against Racism groups booked RAS events, the south east London RAR group becoming a Rock Against Sexism collective.
