Belfast Punk, The Troubles, and Inflammable Material
A deep-dive author talk on Belfast punk during The Troubles, centered on Stiff Little Fingers’ debut album Inflammable Material and its fraught ties to the local scene. Explores how non sectarian punk spaces imagined an “Alternative Ulster” amid violent social division.
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