Published 24 June 1983 and including: Thatcher re-elected: five more years of this shit?, Red Action, Crass and pacifist punk, Northern Ireland, rioting tips, etc.
Class War #2 1983
Unnumbered, but named as issue 2 on page 127 of Ian Bone's "Bash The Rich".
PDF courtesy of Sparrows Nest Archive.
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Crass commercialism is still…
Crass commercialism is still commercialism.
White Punks on Bordiga.
White Punks on Bordiga.
I am no Feeble Christ, not…
Still makes me chuckle. If only they could have come up with one good melody!
I always remember a mate…
I always remember a mate saying that a lot of Crass' tracks were like being told off by a posh teacher for not doing enough to prevent a nuclear holocaust happening.
To be fair, a lot of working class kids got into weirdo atonal music because of Crass, so the lack of tunes did something good.
That's funny. I'm a working…
That's funny.
I'm a working class kid that started producing atonal music on the back of Crass, or in conjunction with it. It might have been better I stayed in the choir?
Better to be more…
Better to be more dialectical about it and crack on with the atonal choral music in my view!
Sound advice
Sound advice
Fozzie, just had a recollection of a Class War vendor at the entrance to Victoria Park who had placed crowd barriers round his stall.
Thought I had a pretty good…
Thought I had a pretty good knowledge of this stuff but this is my first time hearing of the Anti-Social Workers, any idea if they ever recorded anything? Anyone got any memories of them?
Oh, looks like there was some recorded output:
https://antisocialworkersariwa.bandcamp.com/album/punky-reggae-party
Yes, produced by UK dub…
Yes, produced by UK dub legend Mad Professor. Line up included ranting poet Tim Wells who went on to be involved with the early days of pre-ITA Blaggers.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/3167010-Anti-Social-Workers
Mad Prof also notable for…
Mad Professor (born Guyana, resident of South London) also notable for his critique of the medical nemesis: Schizophrenic Dub, Science and the Witchdoctor, Covid Illusion Dub, Herd Immunity.
That Anti-Social Workers…
That Anti-Social Workers brought me to this, Anti Social Services | SESSIONS 001. A bit of fun!
Fozzie wrote:To be fair, a…
Anti Social Services