Warzone Collective
Warzone Collective was formed in
Background
1980s Belfast was greatly affected by the
In the early 1980s, punks would meet at Fountain Street and Cornmarket in Belfast, and at the short-lived Anarchy Centre. They were inspired by bands like Crass and The Undertones.[3] After the Warzone Collective formed in 1984, a social centre with a café, rehearsal space and a screen printing room known as Giro's was set up in 1986.[4] The space was used for meetings by anarchist, animal rights, lesbian and gay groups.[3]
Warzone Centre
In 1991, the social centre moved to a larger place (on Donegal Lane) and became known as the Warzone Centre. The café continued and there was also a
The collective reformed in 2009 and opened a new social centre (also called Warzone Centre or just the centre) at a new location on Little Victoria Street in 2011. The centre had a
The centre was evicted in 2018 and the building was demolished.[8]
References
- ^ a b Canon, Gabrielle (9 July 2013). "Warzone Collective: The Alternative Approach to Breaking Down Boundaries in Belfast". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ Heron, Timothy (2015). "'Alternative Ulster': punk and the construction of everyday life in 1970s Northern Ireland". Popular Culture Today: Imaginaires 19.
- ^ a b González, A. G. (2016). "Out of the Box: Punk and the concept of 'Community' in Ireland". Liverpool Postgraduate Journal of Irish Studies. 1 (1): 39–52. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Belfast Punk. Warzone Centre 1997–2003". Damiani. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ a b Whitehouse, Matthew (23 February 2017). "Inside the Warzone: photographing Belfast's 90s punk scene". Vice. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "Out of step: the 90s punks of Belfast – in pictures". Guardian. 22 February 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ Belinky, Beju (4 July 2017). "The DIY space that brought hope to Belfast's 90s youth". Huck Magazine. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- ^ "The Future Was (AND IS) Punk – The Warzone Dialectogram Exhibition". Queen's University Belfast. The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
External links
Further reading
- Roulston, Fearghus (26 July 2022). "Making affective and political spaces". Belfast punk and the Troubles. Manchester University Press. pp. 91–115. ISBN 978-1-5261-5224-4.