Anti Poll Tax Federation

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grassroots organization political campaign organization

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.

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All labels observed (2)

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

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poll Tax Riots → participant → Anti Poll Tax Federation ⓘ

31 March 1990 London poll tax riot → hasOppositionMovement → Anti Poll Tax Federation ⓘ

Anti Poll Tax Federation → movement → Anti Poll Tax Federation self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: anti-poll tax movement