The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force… The individuals composing the ruling class possess among other things consciousness, and therefore think. Insofar… as they rule as a class and […]
Just woken up at 4 20 am by the early morning light, still close enough to the solstice so not much darkness. Usually I would try to get back to sleep, but Nic asked me a question on Facebook about the Brew Crew which has burrowed its way down into the depths and re-emerged as […]
The Mob – Meanwhile Gardens 1983 – photograph by Mark Palmer In about 24 hours and 300 miles away the Mob will be taking to the stage at the Fleece in Bristol. Zounds, Rubella Ballet, Insurrection, Andy T and Steve Corr will be playing as well – altogether it will be quite an event for […]
1976 : year zero In year zero I left school in Scotland and went to work on a small-holding in Gloucestershire. I helped look after the goats and geese, ducks and chickens while rebuilding a derelict cottage. Only one room was habitable so I stayed in caravan. The summer of 1976 was ferociously hot. The […]
Crass performing at Acklam Hall, Ladbroke Grove March 1979 ‘Free All Prisoners Now’ benefit gig – photograph taken by Tony Barber c/o Terry Smith archive. Crass poster – Acklam Hall, Ladbroke Grove March 1979 ‘Free All Prisoners Now’ benefit gig – Toby Mott archive It’s official! News of the release of the re-mastered Crass material […]
I was going to write about this occupation / protest by Middlesex University students since I love the situationist style of their banner ‘The university is a factory. Strike! Occupy!’. Instead I have been busy with the Gary Critchley campaign. So it goes. What I was going to do was connect the occupation / protest […]
It is Beltane. The Gary Critchley connection to Campbell Buildings has evoked memories of Pinki – as she was when she lived at CB. So here is a pic of her post CB self as Tanith. She took the name Tanith in 1985 when she was doing her Stonehenge Festival campaigning as a pagan ‘priestess […]
This is to flag up the case of Gary Critchley who is still in prison for an alleged murder at Campbell Buildings in 1980 – see recent posts on Bob Short’s Trash Can book thread for more details and also the official website and also this website. The challenge is to get this miscarriage of […]
I have just found this 264 page PhD thesis on anarcho-punk – written by Michael Dines in 2004, but only now online. [Warning Note – I had some problems downloading text on Firefox, but worked ok on Internet Explorer] http://usir.salford.ac.uk/2040/1/419301.pdf I have just speed-read it – it is a good overview, but doesn’t get beyond […]
I have started writing a post to go with this pic but not finished it yet. Damn. Meanwhile here is a quote from the Communist Manifesto. More to follow. All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses, his real […]