Crass and Thatchergate – Punk’s Audio Hoax - The History of Punk Rock Podcast: Bands, Scenes, Hardcore, DIY Culture, Record Labels, Clubs, and Punk Music History

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An in‑depth look at how the anarcho‑punk collective Crass engineered a fabricated tape that mimicked a high‑level phone conversation between Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, sparking international controversy, provoking government responses, and revealing the power of DIY media manipulation in early 1980s punk.

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Crass and Thatchergate – Punk’s Audio Hoax

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