David Wise

Content on or about David Wise (1943-), writer, construction worker and member of King Mob. David was the twin brother of Stuart Wise.

Malcolm McLaren re-enacts the King Mob intervention at Selfridges in his film "The Ghosts of Oxford Street" (1991)

King Mob, Santa Claus and Selfridges: Christmas 1968

On situationist-inspired group King Mob's riotous intervention at Selfridges.

two Spanish books about the Motherfuckers

Introduction for a book in Spanish on Black Mask & The Motherfuckers

Two members of King Mob travel from Newcastle to New York in 1967 to meet Black Mask. Written by …

The End of Music: Punk, New Wave, Reggae, a critique - David and Stuart Wise

A critical look at the UK's "rebel music" of the 1970s and its connections to situationist theory,…

An artwork showing white bricks stacked in a neat, long rectangle, two brick high, placed on the floor of a gallery.

Back cover piss-take on Carl Andre's "bricks"

Dave Walton (aka David Wise) on conceptual artist Carl Andre and the Tate Modern Gallery.

Excerpts from a letter commenting upon a few strikes in Britain

Dave Walton (aka David Wise) writes to German Wildcat in September 1989 on recent strikes by steel workers, oil workers, tube drivers etc.

Two people hold a large colourful banner of Robert Tressell in the style of trade union banners

Some notes on Robert Tressell

Dave Walton (aka David Wise) on Robert Tressell, his novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and the era it was written in.

Reflections on "The Lump" by Dave Lamb

Text by Dave Walton (aka David Wise) reflecting on a pamphlet by Dave Lamb casualisation in the building industry in the 1970s.

Introduction: Spring 2002

Dave Walton's (AKA David Wise) introduction to "Reflections On The Lumb by Dave Lamb", including comments on the Building Workers Group.

Comments on 23 Rough Notes 23 years later - David Wise

One of the authors of "Like A Summer With A Thousand Julys" comments on their 23 comments made previously. From Revolt Against Plenty site.

1988 - New Postscript to "Nothing Hill": February 2004 - David Wise

One of the authors of "Nothing Hill" reflects on the text.

John Dennis gardening for the strike

Jenny Tells Her Tale: Stories From the Yorkshire Miners

Memories of the 1984-5 miners' strike from Jenny Dennis, who was married to a Kiveton Park miner…

O Jornal Combate

A reflection on the journal, O Jornal Combate by its participants 30 years later. Combate was a journal published during the Portuguese Revolution which assisted the working class in…