With the collapse of its opponent, the National Front, the activities of RAR were placed into a narrative of popular music being used to achieve social change.
While Red Wedge was constrained by the ideology of the political party it sought to promote-that of the Labour Party-Rock Against Racism (RAR) was able to operate “outside the formal political agenda” (p.79) in its promotion of racial tolerance and integration. In ‘Rock Against Racism and Red Wedge: From Music to Politics, from Politics to Music’, Simon Frith and John Street compared the ideologies, strategies, and legacies of two British political causes based on popular music.
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