Bash The Rich at Henley Regatta

Ian Bone reflects on the Bash The Rich event held at Henley Regatta and Class War in general including the Poll Tax Riot and Hospitalised Copper. This clip is part of a TV Programme from the mid-90's. Ian has begun to re-invent the Bash The Rich events and though he is no longer fully involved Class War is still going strong.

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News & Politics

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• Ian
• Bone
• Class
• War
• Bash
• The
• Rich
• Henley
• Regatta
• Punk
• Ken
• Livingstone
• Poll
• Tax
• Riots
• Anti-Fascist
• Police
• Brutality

[anarchobands]

exactly as ian says class war was a good laugh while it lasted. it gave us a way to protest and have fun at the same time without having the swp breathing down our necks "policing" what they though were there demonstrations. the class war years were my salad days and i loved it .

[jakeanthill]

you sound worthy of a bashing

[iamsime]

@Domchilled no mate, sorry, i don't get you. if you look through history you'll struggle to find any major changes that did not require force. doesn't mean you have to like violence but it's just something that happens. the police, the government etc they use it all the time to get what they want.

[afaultytoaster]

fuck yes

[Domchilled]

@iamsime i do get ur comment though. its just it seems like pointless. there's other ways to get your point across if you get me.

[Domchilled]

@iamsime i have heard of malcom x and the panthers.however if u haven't realised that was not so effective. malcom wanted to have a separate state for black people (which i disagree with totally) and is clearly not in existence. they just caused violence and where actually listed as a small army. however i can understand why they did turn to violence as the police where very agressive towards the blacks, but in this case of "class war" it just unnecessary.

[iamsime]

@Domchilled have you never heard of the panthers or malcolm x. you have a limited knowledge of the black civil rights movement if you think that's the whole picture. there was violence - it's called self-defence and even MLK knew how to throw a punch!

[Domchilled]

this guys an idiot. hes givin us working class people a bad name, theres no reason to riot an be violent like that. in the 60's and 50's black americans protested peacefully to get there point across and they were treated a fuck load worse. hes just obsessed with making a name for himself.

[jonjuliecat]

if simontherabbit (I bet you aren't really a rabbit) wants to read Bones' excellent autobiography he will discover why he is happy to wear a poppy ...... (to save time it's the last chapter)

[bugstrut]

@simontherabbit You make it sound like we staerted the fucking war.

[DEND0HAV0C]

i love it when you see a hundred cops running away and one stands there and wants to fight the whole crowd

[codelocator]

@maxer479

Simpleton.