Ian Bone & Martin Wright Class War Conference 1985

Archive Footage of Ian Bone and Martin Wright at the Class War Conference of 1985. They talk about the working class struggle, Class War as a paper, the Bash The Rich campaign and building a working class movement in mid-eighties Britain. Ian Bones autobiography "Bash The Rich" is currently being adapted into a film by Writer/Director Greg Hall. http://bashtherichfilm.wordpress.com/

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• Ian
• Bone
• Martin
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• Class
• War
• Bash
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• Rich
• Thatcher
• Anarchism
• Anarchists
• 1980s

[RockAndRollMassacre]

The rich are a bunch of alcoholic drug taking paedophiles.

[StonefieldJim4]

Some of us ex-RCPers had a bit of a soft spot for Class War. Why? Because they weren't weighed down with the baggage of Labourism - or variants of it (SWP etc.). At least they were libertarians.

[Wobbothe3rd]

I love Class was, and the bash the rich campaign, but I always disagreed with the first part of this video. Social workers and welfare officers directly offer services to the working class, and usually are working class themselves. Why alienate them?

[oneforengland]

I'm a nationalist but I can certainly sympathise with the idea of people ruling their own lives, a stateless society and so on but I certainly can't buy the idea of a borderless world. Any body that actually lives a working class life can see that immigration puts nothing but stress on the native workers amongst causing other problems.

By the way Ian, saying "fuck" everyother word doesn't prove your working class credentials.

[axisofevolution]

minaees, comradegonzo, wouldn't expect a couple of cowards only too happy to criticise from the sidelines to question the style & substance of this particular couple of flaming stars. Power to the elbow who those who dare to stand up and raise their voice against exploitation and class division

[comradegonzo]

Ooh, yeh, very radical. There's more to anarchism than saying 'fuck' a lot. No wonder there is no working-class anarchist movement in this country.

[SLCThunk]

They are full of shit to some extent but they are not advocating running around killing anyone. They are more worried about what people are actually doing rather than what class people come from, so it's clearly not that simple.

[dortyhoor]

I was dragged to a C.W meeting in summer 84 at a pub in kings cross by my then girlfriend, there was I.bone and M.wright arguing about smashing up Oxford street or not while a drunk punk snored in the corner, there was only about 7 there including me..

[dortyhoor]

If there are rich kids in class war good, they can help the less well educated ones out there. Yes (yawn) i am working class.

[dmj481]

And you'd be surprised at the amount of working-class kids lol there are in these groups...didn't you hear Ian Bone at the beginning...it doesn't matter about your backgorund what matters are your actions now ;) And before you start I know what you are saying in a way...and im working-class and proud ;)

[dmj481]

Priceless...yes! Clowns...Anything you say is right...to you!