A5, 80 pages, Colour printing, Perfect bound, Softcover, 2025

1975 was a pivotal year for anti-racism in Scotland. It began with the horrifying murder of Hector Smith, a Jamaican man living in the Woodlands area of Glasgow. Confronted in his home by a violent gang who claim to be raising money for Ulster loyalist paramilitaries, he refuses to pay up. One of the men, a member of the National Front, shoots Hector dead in front of his young family. The shocking story briefly captivates the Scottish media, but is rapidly forgotten.

Three months later, the ascendant National Front are trying to gain a foothold in Glasgow. 76 anti-fascists, including many of Scotland's leading trade unionists, are arrested while the police run riot outside the city’s Kingston Halls.

Drawing on extensive research and interviews with those involved, the events of this turbulent year are told in detail for the first time here.

Profits from book sales will be donated to anti-racist causes.

Published by Scottish Labour History Society &