Anti Poll Tax Federation

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The Anti Poll Tax Federation was a UK-wide grassroots campaign organization that coordinated opposition to Margaret Thatcher’s Community Charge (“poll tax”) in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Anti Poll Tax Federation canonical 2
anti-poll tax movement 1

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Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf grassroots organization
political campaign organization
activity coordination of local anti-poll tax unions
organization of demonstrations
political lobbying
support for non-payment campaigns
areaOfWork civil disobedience campaigns
local government finance
tax policy
campaignTarget abolition of the poll tax
country United Kingdom
countryAffected England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales
hasLanguage English
ideology anti-austerity
anti-regressive taxation
influencedEvent repeal of the Community Charge in the UK
location United Kingdom
movement Anti Poll Tax Federation self-linksurface differs
surface form: anti-poll tax movement
notableFor coordination of UK-wide resistance to the poll tax
opposedConcept flat-rate local taxation
opposedGovernment Margaret Thatcher government
opposedPolicy Community Charge
poll tax
opposedPrimeMinister Margaret Thatcher
opposedReform replacement of domestic rates with Community Charge
opposedTaxType local government tax
organizedProtest mass non-payment campaign
national anti-poll tax demonstrations
politicalPosition left-wing
purpose campaign against the poll tax
opposition to the Community Charge
scale UK-wide
scope national
socialMovement British anti-tax protest movements
timePeriod early 1990s
late 1980s

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Poll Tax Riots participant Anti Poll Tax Federation
Anti Poll Tax Federation movement Anti Poll Tax Federation self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: anti-poll tax movement