LONDON CALLING The bulletin of London Class War July 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Death To Yuppie Scum Nestor Makhno is alive and well and living in San Francisco. Makhno, aka Kevin Keating, recently founded the Mission Yuppie Eradication Project, to reverse the growing gentrification of the Mission district of SF. 'Over the past several years the Mission has been colonised by pigs with money ... This yuppie takeover can be stopped and turned back ... Vandalise yuppie cars! Break the glass, scratch the paint, slash their tires and upholstery. Trash them all!' say the MYEP posters. unfortunately, at the time of going to press we have little information about this worthy group, but our San Francisco contact is bringing over further details and a more indepth article will appear in the next London Calling. Watch this space! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Royal Roundup Gun-toting maniacs in this country are, post-Dunblane, few and far between. But information has reached London Calling that one of them is none other than one Liz Windsor. Ever since Michael Fagan paid Liz a late night visit she's carried a gun everywhere she goes. Although she is rumoured to be a crack shot, shouldn't she set the UVF an example and decommission? .... .... Charles Windsor refuses to visit the grave of royal whore Diana. If he did, he could claim he'd been to the Isle of Dogs, since for many years the parasites Spencer have buried their pets on the island where the doxy is interred. .... .... Last year the Windsor family ran up a £799,000 bill for rail travel on the royal train. They must have the largest and dearest train set in the world. Cranky green Charles ran up a £16,500 bill for just one trip to Edinburgh which would have cost £112 (first class) for us mere mortals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FA Cup Upset As we go to press, it seems that Manchester United are ducking out of defending the FA Cup to compete in the new World Team Championship to be held in Brazil in January. Tony 'Scum' Banks claims this will help the England 2006 bid for the World Cup. Bollocks. It's about money. If Man U win this new international trophy, it will make the dosh from the FA Cup look like peanuts. If England's bid wins, it's backhanders all round at Lancaster Gate. We're always told that Man U have by far the best squad in English, and perhaps European, football. They can field at least two premiership sides packed with internationals, and there is no reason for them to stay out of the FA Cup except money. Money from merchandising - how many new shirts will they bring out? Money from sponsorships, revenue from Sky, money from yuppies who can afford to go to Brazil for this unnecessary tournament. If the FA Cup is as respected as everyone always claims, does this mean that the board at Man U have anything but contempt for domestic trophies? Giving them a bye this year sets a nasty precedent; in future winning the European Cup will mean you can pick and choose which domestic competitions you want to play in. Why don't Man U do what they've done in the League Cup for the last few years, and just give their youth team and reserve reserves a couple of outings till they get beaten by the like of Ipswich. Before I'm accused of bias, I'd say the same if it was Arsenal or Chelsea (honest!)-teams should defend what they have won. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Break The Habit Of Work Nonsmokers and ex-smokers are pretty good at being smug, holier-than-thou asses... but how many of them can really go the distance and break the most repugnant habit of all-the habit of WORKING? For "work," as we know it, IS a habit: in fact, that's ALL it is. It simply happens to be the habit that PERMEATES ALMOST ALL HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. (Remember: if you want to do it, it isn't "work".) There should be "special sections" for people who simply HAVE to WORK. They should be made to understand that the rest of us do not want our health damaged by their FILTHY HABIT. Kids should be educated in school about the dangers of work, and be taught that one can be "cool" without succumbing to fear group pressure and "getting" a "job". There should be expensive clinics that provide shock therapy and ritual bathing to cure this addiction. "But what about MONEY??," you whine. "What about SOCIETY??," you bleat. "Who'll run the MACHINES," you whimper. "Are you saying we should go back to the CAVES?". Hell no. Let robots do the shit-work, and we'll get their pay. DROP OUT! THE "PANIC ATTACKS" MAKE YOU A SUPER-ASSERTIVE COMBATANT! If you're in that position whereby the Con has you worrying where the next meal is coming from, even though you're working two jobs, then don't be an UTTER sucker-do on the dole. Plummet ALL THE WAY into total abject poverty, whereby you're a ward of the state and They have to deplete their own energies supporting you. Then use the black market, dumpster diving, lying, &c. to get rich. It's THEIR fault if you have to become a dope peddler, porno star, gambler, preacher or whatever. You don't need a degree, and it doesn't matter how old you are. Of course, the Con might imprison you for supporing yourself, so you'd better be careful. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reclaim Our Rights Demo Not withstanding the fascist nail bomb attack in Soho the night before, where two comrades had been drinking, the Repeal the Anti-Union Laws demo, combined with the traditional May Day march proved the journey's worth. We were a bit disappointed the comrades in London hadn't made this their main focus, rather than splitting in two to attend the Legalise Cannabis march taking place at the same time. We are Class War, and a class demonstration should take precedence over a civil liberties one. Never mind; the day started well, with a great atmosphere and colour, much of which was provided by the Turkish and Kurdish communities, who turned out en masse as usual. Many of them came with their families, and there were quite a lot of young people and older veterans who just keep coming. There were quite a few union and lefty banners, and the South Yorkshire banner made quite an impact. We also sold loads of papers. However, when we got to Trafalgar our day was nearly spoiled by the thickest, most belligerent set of gits the May Day Organising Committee had rounded up to be their stewards. Having got to the Square, and seeing all but the front of the plinth of Nelson's Column empty and barren, we decided to have a sit up on the side, and prop the banner up. Suddenly a couple of stewards approached us. They ordered the kids off the plinth first, and then demanded we get down too: "You can't sit there!" "Why not?" "The platform is for speakers!" "We aren't on the platform." "Look, this is the rule, you can't sit there!" "Why not?" "Just move or we'll move you!" "You might find that difficult!" A Mr Angry arrives, and a big member of the CP(B) (we later learn). "Get down!" "Why?" "I organised this march!" "Good for you, we've been on it." "You're not allowed up here, in case the platform gets attacked!" "If it is, then we'll defend it." "I organised this march and I booked this square, and if you can't follow the rules, fuck off out of it!!" "Arrest me then!" He then calls me a female sex organ (!) which I thought politically correct people had stopped using years ago. Enter, stage left, Ms Logic. "Does it matter to you that there were kids with nails stuck in their heads!?" "What the fuck has that got to do with sitting here?" "There might be an attack here, do you want people to have nails stuck in them? Of course, you're white (!) aren't you?" "Erm...you're white too, but what's that got to do with owt? We aren't gay either, but we didn't plant the nail bombs, and this banner and us sitting here doesn't affect in any way someone planting a bomb." "We don't know who you are." "We don't know who you are, who cares who you are!" Next, the guy along from us, who is independent of us and just standing his ground, gets forcibly pushed off the base of the column, quite a height. If he hadn't landed on his feet, Ms Logic might have got her blood and squashed skull after all, but it would have been them that had done it. We decided that if we are going to stay, we are going to have to fight and this could become quite bloody. Do we think sitting on the base is that important to have to kick their bureaucratic heads in over? No, so we walk around the bottom of the base to the front where all the marchers are coming in and can see our banner. The stewards decide to walk around the top of the base above us-this in the name of protecting the platform against possible nail bomb attacks. "What's that bloody banner mean anyway? What do you stand for?" "OK, since you ask, destruction of the state, and capitalism, and imperialism, and control of the world by the working people of the world under their own direct control." What capitalism? There isn't any capitalism now, it's all socialism isn't it?" (I kid you not!!) We are, in the exchange that follows, called disruptionists (!), fascists, and one of our number being put down since "You're just a bloody milkman!" "Erm... yes, I am a milkman, does that render my politics invalid?" Ms Logic's parting shot was, "For some of us, politics is a lifetime's commitment, not a passing phase!" Somehow keeping a a handful of people from sitting down on the empty side of the plinth at Trafalgar Square in case there should be a nail bomb could well take a lifetime's commitment-to a mental hospital! The May Day Organising Committee should be left in no doubt what we think of its petty little tinpot marshals and their irrational, irrelevant and stupid 'rules'. By the way, when next the stewards started to demand that the kids playing on the Lions get down, a number of burly Turks-well used to fighting bigger shits than this shower-came over and threatened to knock all the stewards off the base if they touched the kids. The kids stayed till the end of the rally. It was a good day, despite the jumped-up little Hitlers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Not Wanted On 12 June, the Queen's Birthday (Dis)Honours were announced. Among 'great and good' (!) who received gongs, not bombs, were a number of very suspicious individuals. Leaving out the boring awards (eg Gregor Peter John Townsend, MBE for services to rugby union), and the crumbs tossed to footballers and managers, the dubious types are as follows: Life Peers: Sir Robert Fellowes, lately private secretary to Liz Windsor. Knights Bachelor: Hugh Roy Graham Cameron, chief constable, Lothian & Borders police; David Joseph O'Dowd, chief inspector of Constabulary; Robin Richard Tilt, lately dirctor-general, HM Prison Services. CB: Edgar Vincent Buckley, assistant under-secretary, MoD; John Turner, director, Jobcentre Services, Sheffield. LVO: Stephen Orme Burgess, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. CBE: Paul Percival Altobell, lately chief executive, Defence Analytical Services Agency, MoD; Joseph Brian Baldwin, chairman, National Employers' Association; Dennis Bate, managing director, Bovis North, for services to the New Deal; Gordon David Etherington, lately chief Crown Prosecutor, CPS; Professor Meirion Francis Lewis, lately senior fellow, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency, MoD; John Newing, chief constable, Derbyshire Constabulary; Robert Andrew Prickett (!), lately chief Crown Prosecutor for Wales. OBE: Alan John Leaman, for political and public services; Christopher Ian Mallender, for services to the unemployed and to the New Deal; Janice Kay Richards, assistant private secretary to the prime minister; James Richardson, lately deputy chief constable, Strathclyde police. MBE: Cathy Bakewell, for political and public services; Sarah Jane Frapple, for political and public services; Rev John Wilfrid Harvey, for services to Truro Cathedral (!); John McLeod, head of education and training, Suffolk Training and Education Council, for services to the New Deal; Helen O'Shea, intelligence officer, Customs and Excise; Phedias Soteriou, for services to the police (and to the Greek Cypriot community). These scum are our enemies, and any information about them would be gratefully received at the London address. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What A Load Of Roddicks Not content with treating her staff at the Body Shop with contempt, Anita Rubbish has now decided to flout the Sock Exchange's code on corporate governance. When non-executive director Aldo Papone retires this month, the only non-executive director left will be one Penny Hughes. Now, Hughes will be the only member of the Body Shop's audit committee, and the sole member of its remuneration and appointments committee apart from ... its chair, Gordon Roddick. And Roddick should not be in charge of pay and appointments because of an obvious conflict of interests! In a story in the Sunday Business on 13 June, it emerges that there is something distinctly rotten in the state of the Body Shop's board. It does not conform to the ethical image it propagates to the public, but the awful Anita may find her days in charge numbered... pension fund managers are protesting about the unprincipled way in which the Body Shop is run, and if the business watchdogs take action she may be ousted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ South Yorkshire Class War Are now in gear and holding regular meetings. There have been two public meetings, one in Barnsley and the other in Sheffield. We hold informal meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, in Silks' bar on the High Street, Doncaster, from 8pm. Sometimes these are accompanied by bands or discos. We made a great impression on the large low pay march in Newcastle - "1,2,3,4, No War But The Class War! 5,6,7,8, Organise and Smash the State!" and "T-T-TNT-Give it to the Bourgeoisie!". This was far better than the SWP's pisspoor "Tony Blair-Shame on you (!)" chant. The presence of the Cliff Hangers was a good excuse to revive the miners' children's' parody of SWP slogans, like "They say whack whack, we say quack quack', accompanied by the appropriate silly walk, splay-footed, swaying side to side, duck-like, walking with flapping arms! Great fun! Our splendid banner got positioned beside Arthur Scargill, who thought he cut quite a dash in his white sandshoes and twills until a Barnsley lass observed 'Wouldn't you think he could afford a pair of decent trainers with all the money we pay him?'. This led someone else to observe that he was sure his Mam had given those trousers to a Women Against Pit Closures jumble sale during the strike. Arthur slipped away into grey ranks of the Stalinist SLP, or should that be rank since he's expelled half the group? We're planning to show political videos on big screen in one of the Barnsley pubs, to be followed by a discussion. We haven't got a contact number yet, but if you're in the area drop into Silks'. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Book Review - Anarchist, by Ian Bone At £3, this book is a bargain. It is a rollercoaster of a read, and a lot of current CW members, and even more ex-CW members (mentioning no names Phil!) will recognise themselves. Although it reads slightly like a Stewart Home novel, the characterisation, settings, and plot are far superior to that timewaster's books. There's no nonsense action and a riveting climax (in more ways than one!). With riots, dead cops, and a pop at Diana Windsor, this should be on everyone's reading list this summer. As a first novel it's superb, and we look forward to reading Ian's next. If it doesn't make you want to devastate the avenues where the wealthy live, then nothing will. Buy it from us! See listing in merchandise below! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Diary Dates Sunday 4th July - London Class War meeting - 8pm. See a member for details. Monday 5th July - David Copeland, a former member of both the National Socialist Movement and the British National Party, appears at Bow Street Magistrates court, over the Brixton, Brick Lane and Soho nail bombings. At his last scheduled appearance, Copeland refused to come out of his cell, saying he would suffer a panic attack if he had to appear in court. If he is guilty something a little worse than panic attacks will await him in prison. Thursday 8th July - Aly Renwick, whose excellent book on British soldiers in N.Ireland was reviewed in Class War # 77, is amongst the speakers at a Troops Out Movement public meeting, 7.30pm Conway Hall, Holborn. Saturday 10th July - Greenwich Anti-Racist Festival. Plumstead Common, south London. Monday 19th July - Portsmouth 3 trial starts at Portsmouth Crown Court and is expected to last 3 weeks. Sunday 1st August - London Class War meeting - 8pm. See a member for details. Tuesday 3rd August - Hackney Solidarity Group public meeting on the failure of ITNET - the new housing benefit payment scheme. Plans include joint suing of the council by claimants. Venue to be confirmed. Friday 6th August - According to his followers in the USA, Waco siege leader David Koresh will return to earth heading 200 million horsemen to cleanse the earth with fire and slaughter the rest of us. Although Class War intends to honour all outstanding subscriptions, we apologise in advance should they be slightly singed. Sunday 8th August - Smokey Bears Picnic, Southsea Common, Portsmouth. Tuesday 10th August - Prisoners Justice Day - International Day of Action. In the south east this will centre on HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes. Friday 13th August - Hackney Solidarity Group demonstration against Housing Benefit fuck ups. Venue to be announced. Sunday 30th August - Notting Hill Carnival starts. Saturday October 16th - Anarchist Bookfair, Conway Hall, Holborn, London 10-6pm. 31 December 1999- 3 January 2000 - Millennium Celebration! All police, ambulance and fire brigade leave cancelled throughout the UK as millennium celebrations kick off! What could they be afraid off? Please note the Festival of Global Rights, planned for Hackney on July 18th has been cancelled due to concerns about litter! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chaos In The City "We are not going to tolerate violence, we are not going to tolerate use of offensive weapons, we will not tolerate wanton destruction of company property. In that case, we will naturally seek to intervene. We will not stand by." - James Hart, Assistant Commisioner of the City of London police. Quoted in the Financial Times, Friday 11th June. Clearly a week is a long time in policing. This Mystic Meg of the City filth obviously has difficulty imagining that he is not omnipotent in his own backyard-but the events of June 18 indicate otherwise. With tube and train stations shut in the City and the West End, the Carnival Against Capitalism showed how much havoc a (relatively) small riot can paralyse large parts of the commerical business district of the largest city in Europe. As a McDonald's got done over for at least half an hour without a cop in sight (well, who's going to check their watch while they're having fun?), and the London International Futures Exchange was trashed for over an hour before the filth deigned to put in an appearance, it is safe to say that on the day they lost it. Hopefully Assistant Commissioner J Hart, in charge on the day, will be the next Metropolitan Police Commissioner; he certainly has the public order policing skills we at CW like to see! Attacked on the day, apart from the McDonald's and LIFFE building, were numerous banks, and a Mercedes Benz showroom was wrecked in spectacular fashion. There were some very positive signs too-people were scaling posts with CCTV cameras on top, and disabling them. Temporary autonomous zones were created, not just in the City, but between the City and the West End. It was possible to walk from London Bridge to Trafalgar Square, between 2 and 3 miles, without seeing a single cop. The day was a good bit of exercise for those of us normally couch potatoes, and one of the best bits about it was that despite the preponderence of fluffy scum on the demo, they were not as wanky as usual (at least, not that I saw). Let them paint their faces and 'dance' to crap music if they want, but let us get on with our thing. After all's said and done, we must have caused well over the £2,000,000 of damage the press claim was done. The number of people who stayed home, the loss of revenue of the tube and British Rail, the amount of money spent on overtime for the filth, the loss of earnings for sandwich bars (and McDonald's!) and so on all adds up. The Lord Mayor of London said there will be another demo like it in the City. He's shit scared of the City gaining a repution as a place we can disrupt at will, cos this will scare off investors. He's right, there won't be another demo like that in the City-next time it'll be bigger and better! "On Jume 18, a driver was forced to abandon his train after being attacked by a mob of race-goers returning from Royal Ascot. Top-hatted louts in morning suits smashed their way into the cab of the Reading to Waterloo train, wrecking equipment and attacking the driver's mate. 'If this is the elite, God help us,' said one witness." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Royal Wedding Boredom At 8.6 million the BBC's viewing figures for the Royal Wedding were lower than figures for the recent repeats of "Are You Being Served? (please insert your own joke about Edward and John Inman) ITV did even worse with just 5.3 million tuning in. The week before, at exactly the same time, ITV had shown Catchphrase to an audience of 6 million ....... The tide is not turning against the royal parasites, it has already turned. Going, going, gone! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Damn Dando The investigation into the murder/execution of Jill Dando moves from farce to farcical. In the two months or so since her death, the only person the police have arrested in connection with the crime has been a loony Walter Mitty type. If Jill Dando had been shot on a Hackney or Lambeth council estate the police would long ago have moved on and forgotten about her. Now, though, despite spending tens of thousands of pounds (at least) on their investigation, the filth have called in MI5 and GCHQ Cheltenham! They're looking at every single mobile phone call that was made around Fulham on the day the dandiprat television 'personality' met her maker. This really is going too far; the mind boggles to think what the cops would have done if there were any chance of Diana's death being anything other than serendipity. Jill Dando's murder was tragic. Fair play to that . But the hysteria surrounding her death and the subsequent investigation has been perhaps the most nauseating outpour of crocodile tears and media over-reaction since Diana and Dodi got something more concrete in their relationship. If you want to ensure that the entire nation is kept informed of any police investigation into one's untimely death, become a journo for the BBC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Merchandise Update Apologies to those who have ordered copies of the comic Filth from us - it is now sold out. One new addition to our list is a short novel by Ian Bone entitled "Anarchist" it retails at £3 (cheques to London Class War only) plus an A4 SAE with a 31 pence stamp. See review above. Finally we have plenty of stickers still available at £1 for 25, £2 for 50, £3 for 75 etc. from the usual address. Didn't the MA'M stickers go down a treat on June 18th? With all merchandise orders please allow 28 days for delivery, although we try to go quicker, we rely entirely on volunteer labour. If you want quick, bland service go to McDonalds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Two Hundred Pharoahs...Five Billion Slaves This manifesto/pamphlet looks at ways forward for the movement as well as the current state of the working class. A serious read at £1.50 it is available from : Two Hundred Pharaohs, c/o Box 100, 178 Whitechapel London E1 1BJ. Cheques to "Repetitive Fame Injury Press" A review should follow in a future edition of Class War. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sexy Summer Wear The well known artist Clifford Harper has helped produce an excellent T shirt for the Justice for Mark Barnsley Campaign. They are available in white, light grey, yellow, orange, green or red for £6 in the UK and Europe (cheques to Justice for Mark Barnsley) They are available in all the usual sizes, although fat bastards may wish to note that an XXL size can also be ordered. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Orr Is Human London Calling readers may have seen the piece in The Independent on June 22nd in which Deborah Orr, talking about J18, referred to Class War as agents provocateurs. Quickly on the case, London CW asked Deborah to substantiate her claims or withdraw them. Needless to say she was unable to offer any details at all (something we are pleased to say she was big enough to recognise) and such claims will not be repeated. As for the claim in the Daily Mail that Class War were responsible for the violence at Stonehenge during the Summer Solstice - on this occasion we could not be bothered replying, and are happy to leave the Daily Mail's readers in ignorance! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Remembering The Past...Anniversaries For July Compiled by the Class War historian. 1 July: 1690-The Battle of the Boyne. 2 July: 1798-Father John Murphy hanged in Tullow, County Clare, for his part in the 1798 Rising. 1881-American President James Garfield was shot by Charles Jules Guiteau after only 4 months in office. Garfield died of his wounds 80 days later. 3 July: 1970-Illegal curfew of the Falls Road. Goes on until 5 July. 4 July: 1839-Chartist riots at Birmingham. 6 July: 1892-Riot at Tashkent owing to precautions against cholera. 160 killed and wounded. 7 July: 1972-Northern Ireland Secretary William Whitelaw secretly meets represenatives of the Provisional IRA for negotiations. 8 July: 1981-Joe McDonnell died after 61 days on hunger strike. 9 July: 1985-The Red Army Faction execute Siemens nuclear scientist Karl-Heinz Beckurts in Munich. 11July: 1892-'Notorious' anarchist Ravachol executed for the murder of Hermit of Chambles. 1906-Count Shuvaloff, Prefect of Moscow, assassinated. 1921-The IRA and crown forces agree a truce, which ends the Tan War. 13 July: 1981-Hunger striker Martin Hurson died. 14 July: 1789-Bastille Day! The famous Parisian prison was stormed today 210 years ago, marking the start of the French Revolution. 1798-Sheares brothers executed in Dublin for involvement with 1798 Rising. 15 July: 1839-Chartist riot in Birmingham; £50,000 damage done. (1839 prices.) 16 July: 1918-Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg. 17 July: 1798-Henry Joy McCracken hanged in Belfast. 1971-The IRA blow up the £2,000,000 (1971 prices) Daily Mirror plant at Dunmurray, outside Belfast. 18 July: 1936-The Spanish Civil War began after a revolt under Emilio Mola and Francisco Franco. 1981-The British embassy in Dublin was attacked by a large crowd angry about Thatcher's heartless attitude to the hunger strikers' just demands. 19 July: 1979-The Sandinista forces of Nicaragua entered Managua. 20 July: 1851-Wooden bridge near Moscow collapsed while religious procession was passing; 150 monks drowned! 1877-Riots by railway men on strike in United States; some hundreds killed. 1944-Colonel von Stauffenberg tries, and fails, to assassinate Hitler. 1982-4 members of the Household Cavalry, and Sefton the horse, killed in Hyde Park by the IRA, and another IRA bomb killed seven members of the Royal Green Jackets in Regent's Park. 21 July: 1894-Hackney Marshes opened 'as playground'. 1972-Bloody Friday in Belfast. 21 bombs explode in 75 minutes. 2 British soldiers die. 1975-UVF and UDR men murdered the Miami Showband. 1985-Action Directe explode a massive bomb outside the Paris HQ of the 'Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development'. 22 July: 1928-Jimmy Hill's birthday! 23 July: 1866-Riot in Hyde Park owing to notice prohibiting its use by the Reform League (who were after universal male suffrage); several injured. 25 July: 1886-Rioting in Amsterdam; 25 killed and 90 wounded. 26 July: 1953-Fidel Castro leads attack on the Moncada barracks, the first attack of the Cuban Revolution. 27 July: 1830-July Revolution in France (27-29 July) spreads unease to Brunswick, Hannover, Kurhessen and Saxony. 1839-Chartist riots broke out in Birmingham and other towns. 1973-June 2nd Movement bank raid in West Berlin nets DM200,000. 28 July: 1892-General strike of miners in the Midlands. 29 July: 1900-Umberto I, King of Italy, assassinated at Monza. 30 July: 1883-James Carey, notorious Irish informer, shot dead on the Melrose at Port Elizabeth. 1966-England win the World Cup, beating Germany 4-2. 1977-Red Army Faction execute the banker Jürgen Ponto. 31 July: 1932-Reichstag elections; NSDAP become the largest party. 1972-Operation Motorman took place in Derry. 5,000 British soldiers invade the Bogside and Creggan. Also in July, the British ambassador to Dublin, Christopher Ewart-Biggs was blown up in 1976, just outside Dublin, by the IRA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ London Class War PO Box 467 London E9 3QX United Kingdom EMail: class_war@hotmail.com Web : /homestead/CapitolHill/9482