London Calling October 1999 The Bulletin of London Class War Anarchist Bookfair Edition ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Security Alert Recently Sunday Times journalists have made underhand approaches to members of London Class War. Other anarchist groups should take note that in the aftermath of June 18 the forces of the crown are targetting the anarcho community for vengeance; the media's free lunches are at stake! The Sunday Times suspect hacks are: Mark Batt (e-mail macaroni@line1.net) Mark Macaskill Justin Rigby. Watch out for dodgy journalists at the Bookfair. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Princess Di, die, die!! All of four grief-stricken/sad arse people of Ramsgate laid wreathes to the doxy Diana, now interred on her own Isle of Dogs (See previous London Callings). The Windsor whore seems to have faded from the public stage and retired to the cupboard of the yesterdays, where the world's least favourite grandmother should join her soon. Also, some sad arse named Hazel Courtenay claims to be possessed by Princess Di! Having consulted our resident demonologist, we are assured that the only type of possession is demonic possession. If Diana was a demon, what's that make Harry and Wills? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Red Herring Police Raid The police raid caught Steve Hayden, landlord of the Stable Inn, unawares. Three uniformed filth stormed into his kitchen and began ransacking the fridge and rifling his freezer. 'What's all this about?' asked Mr Hayden. One of the scum said: 'We are looking for the carcasses or the reamins of wild herons.' The copper warned the publican that the birds were a protected specis and it was illegal to kill them, let alone serve them as pub lunches. The the penny dropped. Mr Hayden told them that it was not marinated heron in dill sauce available for a bargain £4.50, but marinated herring. 'Someone must have overheard that we serve herring and thought it was heron,' said Mr Hayden. He added that herons often flew over his pub in Burton, Pembrokeshire. A police spokesman admitted their informant was mistaken. 'We were acting in good faith on information from a wildlife lover.' If they were intelligent they'd be dangerous! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crocodile Dundee exposed as Copkiller shock! William Ansell, a top Aussie buffalo-catcher, and the original 'Crocodile Dundee', shot and killed a police sergeant in Australia's Northern Territories in August. Unsurprisingly, the filth claimed they had no idea what prompted his public spirited action! (Although we at CW can suggest a couple of motives!) On the downside, Ansell was gunned down himself just moments later by the sergeant's partner. We send our condolences to Mr Ansell's family and friends, and we will remember him as a man who died in the line of duty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Outfoxed by the Sea On 28 September, a gallant band of about 250 anti-hunt demonstrators opposed about 16000 hunt scum from all over the country. The bleating of these inbred parasites was pitiful to hear as they marched toward the abbatoir Adolf Blair is preparing for them. Without a decent chant among them, they mewed 'Listen to us!' with all the vigour of a puling consumptive cat. The vocal 'antis' reminded them that while they were at the seaside, class conscious burglars might be paying their homes a visit. Their imminent redundancy was also brought forcefully to their attention, as they were told 'Your P45's in the post!' After these social losers went to be harangued by some semi-inebriated parasite, we retired to the nearest Wetherspoon's, where we bumped into some hunt types. They appeared to be one-song wonders, terrifying the locals with repeated choruses of 'D'ye ken John Peel'. We responded with a rousing chorus of 'Yellow Submarine', but before a full and frank discussion could take place, the peelers intervened. Moving to a more salubrious establishment, we were given an honour guard of police. It seems that some hunters had a longer journey home than others; one group seemed to have difficulty starting a car which had received attention from some of us 'antis'! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Diary Dates Wednesday, 13 October: May Day 2000 A series of demos and rallies are planned in the west end of London for the weekend April 29-May 1 next year. Planning meeting 7.30 Conway Hall, near Holborn tube. Contact BM Mayday, London WC1N 3XX to go on their mailing list. Also on the thirteenth: Hackney Solidarity Group meeting. 7.30pm, The Old Fire Station, Leswin Road, Stoke Newington, N16. Thursday, 14 October: Anti-McDonald's Day of Action. Protest outside McCrap's euro hq from 4.30 to 7.30pm. East Finchley tube. Also, Lobby Hackney's Police Consultative Committee Meeting. Hackney Town Hall, 6.30pm. The relatives of Harry Stanley, the Hackney man murdered by the police near Victoria Park, have called a lobby of this committee's meeting. A march through the borough is also likely to be called soon. Saturday, 16 October: Anarchist Bookfair! 10am till (very) late. Largest anarchist gathering in the dis-United Kingdom, etc. Usual goodies on sale. Both CW and MA'M have meetings booked. Sunday, 7 November: Bumpkin Alert! Inbred Countryside Alliance members plan to march through Reading! Although they had a lively first leg in Bournemouth, it's time to increase the pressure on the about-to-be signing-on vermin. Meeting place to be confirmed; next London Calling due out 30 October will carry full details (+map!). Wednesday, 10 November: Hackney Solidarity Group meeting. Details as for October 13. Sunday, 14 November: Benefit Gig for Mark Barnsley. On his 1,999th day in prison. Al-dayer (4pm-11pm) at the Golden Shoe, 47 Meeson St, Kingsmead Estate, Homerton, E9. North London Line: Homerton, bus 236. Bands include Robb Johnson, Scurvy, Knuckleduster and The Doleclaimers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Merchandise The new paper, Dave Douglass' book, and an exciting new pamphlet - '21st Century Class War' - will all be available by the time of the bookfair (hopefully!). Please note Dave's book will be £5, not £3.50 as erroneously stated previously. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Yorkshire Class War SYCW have an e-mail address, syclasswar@hotmail.com. Any readers from the South Yorkshire area are encouraged to get in touch with them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Flavour of the Month This month, we reccomend you get in touch with the London Socialist Film Co-op. They have a blinding season of films lined up. Get in touch with them by writing to: The Secretary, LSFC, 13 Foundling Court, Brunswick Centre, London WC1N 1QE. To join is £5 waged, £3 concs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remembering the Past Compiled by the Class War Historian October 2: 1869-Gandhi born. 1890-Groucho Marx born. 1966-Guatemalan guerrilla leader Turcios Lima dies in an apprent car accident. 1965-Peruvian guerrillas clash with army at Shoenti. 11 killed. 1974-Hiss! First McDonald's opens in Britain. October 3: 1896-William Morris died. 1967-Woody Guthrie died. 1984-14-week occupation of Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead ends with the workers surrendering to police and then being jailed. October 4: 1866-Insurrection in Canada; several lives lost. October 5: 1936-The march of unemployed shipyard workers from Jarrow to London started. October 6: 1848-Insurrection in Vienna and killing of War Minister Count Latour. 1891-Death of Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish Nationalist leader. October 7: 1956-Clarence Birdseye, US inventor of quick-freezing, died. 1970-BOAC Air terminal at Victoria, booby-trapped hand grenade found. October 8: 1965-The Post Office Tower, London, opened. 1970-Attorney General Sir Peter Rawlinson's house in Chelsea bombed again (it had been bombed just one month before. October 9: 1779-The first Luddite riots began in Manchester against the introduction of machinery for spinning cotton. 1967-Che Guevara captured and shot in Bolivia. 1970-Italian Trade Centre, London, bombed. Italian State buildings in Manchester, Birmingham and Paris bombed simultaneously. Attacks claimed on behalf of Italian anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli, murdered by the Italian police in 1969. October 10: 1649-Cromwell massacres 2,000 soldiers and civilians at Wexford City. October 11: 1871-Fenian raid into Canada under General O'Neill. October 12: 1846-Rebellion in Portugal: provincial government esatblished in Oporto. 1962-Venezuelan guerrilla leader Fabricio Ojeda captured. He is later sent down for 18 years. 1984-Hurrah! IRA bombs Grand Hotel, Brighton, nearly killing entire British Cabinet. October 13: 1881-Parnell arrested for inciting to intimidation. 1977-Guerrillas from the Red Army Faction and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijack Lufthansa flight 181 to try and get all political prisoners in West Germany released. October 14: 1815-Great strike of soldiers and sailors at Newcastle and Sunderland. 1887-Parliament Hill purchased for public. October 15: 1840-Attempted assassination of Louis Phillipe of Darmés. 1968-Imperial War Museum gutted by an incendiary device. October 16: 1793-Hurrah! Marie Antoinette guillotined. 1834-Houses of Parliament destroyed by fire. 1890-Michael Collins born. 1985-Hurrah! Broadwater Farm explodes in the Tottenham Riot. PC Blakelock chop, chop, chopped! October 17: 1891-Waterlow Park, Highgate, opened to public. 1977-Mogadishu: Flight 181 stormed by German shock troops of GSG9. They capture the plane. October 18: 1977-Andrers Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe murdered in Stammheim top security prison, Stuttgart. October 19: 1887-'Collision' between unemployed and police in Piccadilly. 1977-Hanns Martin Schleyer's body found. He was executed after being an RAF prisoner for 45 days. October 20: 1957-Elections in Guatemala. The dictator Ydigoras declares them void, leading to rise of guerrillas. 1990-Brixton Poll Tax Riot. October 22: 1852-Arch-toady Mr J Camden Neild leaves £250,000 to Queen Victoria. 1862-Insurrection in Greece against King Otho. (He flees the country on 24 October.) 1867-Insurrectionary movement in Rome; Sarristori Barracks blown up. October 23: 1956-The Hungarian revolt against Soviet leadership began. 1965-Peruvian guerrillas under Del la Puente clash with army near Aymaybamba. Guerrillas either captured or killled. October 24: 1945-Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian fascist, executed. 1929-Start of Wall Street Crash. 1966-Anti-government riots in Caracas, Venezuela. The filth kill one person. October 25: 1878-Attempt on life of Alfonso XII of Spain by Moncasi. October 26: 1917-October Revolution took place in Russia. (Reckoned by New Style Calendar, 7 November.) 1970-Barclays Bank, Stokey, firebombed. 1973-Berlin Supreme Court, Superior Court and Lower Court buildings firebombed. Lots of damage done! October 27: 1831-Riots at Bristol (in connection with Reform Bill); 500 (yes, 500) killed by military. 1962-Saboteurs in Venezuela destroy 4 power stations of the US-controlled Creole Petroleum Corporation. October 30: 1881-Irish Land League suppressed. 1971-Angry Brigade bomb the Post Office Tower. October 31: 1870-Riotous outbreak in Paris; members of the government imprisoned until 'order' is restored. Also, All Hallow's Eve. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ London Class War, PO Box 467, London E8 3QX EMail: class_war@hotmail.com Web page: http://www,geocities.com/CapitolHill/9482