Movement for Colonial Freedom (MCF)

The Movement for Colonial Freedom was founded in the UK in 1954. The group changed its name to Liberation in 1970 and remains active. 

Set up to campaign against imperialism, segregation and racial discrimination in Britain and abroad, the group promoted colonial independence and advocated for human rights and global justice. MCF gets a brief mention in Inquiry disclosure in connection with a plan to prosecute the IMG magazine Black Dwarf. 

In 1974, Liberation was among the groups that organised a counter-demonstration against the National Front at Red Lion Square, leading to clashes in which Kevin Gately was killed.

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School of Oriental and African Studies: The Movement for Colonial Freedom and Liberation archive.  School of Oriental and African Studies, The Movement for Colonial Freedom & Liberation archive, The Movement for Colonial Freedom (MCF) was a leading anticolonialist campaign group and civil rights advocacy organisation. Founded in 1954, as an amalgamation of a number of smaller campaign and lobby groups, including the British branch of the Congress of Peoples’ against Imperialism, the MCF had a strong association with the British labour movement., 1 May 2014.