Ian Bone Martin Wright Conway Hall London on 10/05/08

Conference and book fair at Conway Hall London on 10/05/08 based around the revolutionary upheavals of 1968. Ian Bone, founder of Class War, reflects on life as a student in Swansea. He is also joined by fellow class warrior Martin Wright who talks about life for working class Londoners. Both are renowned anarchists and social agitators and talk about May 1968, Paris riots, Grosvenor Square, Vietnam War, Iraq War, Tariq Ali, Poll Tax riots and the British class system

2007 Ulley reservoir danger could have led to a “breakdown in social cohesion”

Interesting article in the Independent today, “MI5: revealing areas at mercy of collapsing dams is a terror threat” http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/mi5-revealing-areas-at-mercy-of-collapsing-dams-is-a-terror-threat-854325.html

Some extracts follow, basically if the damn had burst last year Sheffield would have had no electricity for “an indefinite period” and also the “main 42-inch gas main serving Sheffield” would have been taken out.

The scale of an alert at Ulley reservoir, near Rotherham, emerged for the first time at the publication of the independent review by Sir Michael Pitt into the lessons from the 2007 floods.

A major threat to infrastructure made the situation at the Ulley reservoir dam so critical. The dam came close to failure when water flowing down a spillway undermined its base. It was saved by emergency repairs after a midnight evacuation of 1,000 people and the closure of the M1.

The consequences of a collapse would have extended far beyond the immediate area. Waters from a breach would have knocked out the main electricity switching station in the Sheffield area for an indefinite period, perhaps leading to a breakdown in social cohesion. A dam flood would also have destroyed the main 42-inch gas main serving Sheffield, which would have created a hazard to aircraft from the gas escaping into the atmosphere. A five-mile aerial exclusion zone was imposed around the point where the main might have fractured. All this would have been in addition to hundreds of deaths caused by a wall of water driving down the valley below the dam if it burst.

Yet emergency services facing this crisis, Sir Michael said, had no maps of potential inundation to work from and had to work it out themselves. He added that because of climate change, flooding in Britain was itself likely to become a risk as great as terrorism or an influenza pandemic.

According to Cabinet Office and Environment Agency sources, the Water Act 2003 had specified that the maps should be made public, but this had not happened after MI5 objected.

Presto Tools. Water Works, Near Strines/Bradfield. Thornseat Lodge, Near Strines/Bradfield. Sheffield s6

Presto Tools, NO ACCESS Sheffield S6.

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Presto Tools, NO ACCESS - we got our access with a chat to the owner and people using part of the space, get in touch if you need more..

Thornseat Lodge, Near Strines/Bradfield.

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Thornseat Lodge was originally built in 1855 as a shooting lodge for William Jessop steel maker. It became a children’s home in the 1930’s and remained such up until the early 1980’s Since then it has become derelict.

Water works, Near Strines/Bradfield. Sheffield.

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Oh, the art work is Rocket One, see more
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rocket01uk/

Coast Is Clear - Let’s Suck The Oil Out!…

We take you to the inner sanctum of Industrial Civilization’s wealthy machine, where unnamed politicians are addressing the oil gliterati…

“Ok, guys, we’ve spent billions of dollars clearing out anyone who might have got in your way — just as you asked. We couldn’t really afford it but the arms guys needed a big battle to clear out the warehouses, and we know how persuasive they can be — if you know what I mean. The police are nearly trained up and if it wasn’t for all those big bombs going up in the towns we could pretend everything was alright. Trust us, the oil fields are protected.”

“What do you mean you want more help? Ok, we know which side our bread’s buttered — tell us what you want us to do…”

A group of American advisers led by a small State Department team played an integral part in drawing up contracts between the Iraqi government and five major Western oil companies to develop some of the largest fields in Iraq, American officials say.

The disclosure, coming on the eve of the contracts’ announcement, is the first confirmation of direct involvement by the Bush administration in deals to open Iraq’s oil to commercial development and is likely to stoke criticism.

In their role as advisers to the Iraqi Oil Ministry, American government lawyers and private-sector consultants provided template contracts and detailed suggestions on drafting the contracts, advisers and a senior State Department official said. [ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/world/middleeast/30contract.html?ref=worldbusiness]

“No, we’re not going to do your greenwashing for you: you’ve shown how good you are at that already — even Exxon are making out they’re saving the world. If I didn’t know how many shades of bullshit makes up your logos I might even have been taken in.”

At a time of spiraling oil prices, the no-bid contracts, in a country with some of the world’s largest untapped fields and potential for vast profits, are a rare prize to the industry. The contracts are expected to be awarded Monday to Exxon Mobil, Shell, BP, Total and Chevron, as well as to several smaller oil companies. [ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/world/middleeast/30contract.html?ref=worldbusiness]

“Give it a rest, guys, we’re working as fast as we can. You’ve got your profits; we’ve got a nice little earner going — hell, the voters still think they’re going to change things: where do you think Mugabe got all his best tricks from? I know you think Canada are doing a better job, but how were we to know they would try and f*ck up the entire planet themselves digging sand out of the ground?”

“Ok, just one more, and that’s it. Two years, alright? We’ll send you a map of Tehran when we’ve finished bombing the shit out of it.”

Keith Farnish
Homepage: http://www.unsuitablog.com

crooksmoor church and live infultration 29 5 08

crooksmoor church more at derelictplaces.co.uk: Is now sqauted, we have been in and seems a youth den for drinking etc, underclasrising do not agree with this and if what we here from some of the
parents of those involved then we disagree even more.There are better places for people to use and get shelter from this is not one at all, we will give them there due it was more clean than it has been, but to have events in the middle of a residential area such as this is a no go, plus there actions are just adding to everyday shit some of us get see more at derelictplaces.co.uk: and why we updated this page as the rumors have it that we are involved.No we are not and do not agree and would urge them to vacate, all they are doing is fucking up a already fucked up place and making our task of preservation more hard due to there crass actions. read Squatting: a basic Guide nuff said move on nowt to see:

live infiltration 29 5 08

Not sure as some parts of the place from the front seemed derelict and unused, others in use and with power on as 0742 could see red led,s and so fourth going back in a while ie during the day see what is happening down there. Just been back 30 5 08 it is live and no name as 0742 can see had a go walk round through what was locked gates at the weekend, till 0742 was asked what are you doing?, but he did note another empty and all to easy give us a email. It was good to walk round mind you, thanks to the person who left the door open and just what are they up to in there? As it stands, 0742 was on his own and shitting myself himself so he can tell us (all part of the fun?) 0742 was walking and working out other possible locations, an open door 0742 looks inside and thinks erm nice, round the front to see if it was workers on a Sunday etc, had someone simply forgot to close the fire door? i go back in and wonder around taking these images.

THE WAY FORWARD - STANDING ‘CLASS WAR’ CANDIDATES

read more http://ianbone.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/the-way-forward-standing-class-war-candidates/ i could not agree more..

We are living under occupation of The Middle Class how often do i need to say this, do the bisto kids think that all working class persons believe there lie on Climate Change, do we think walking round a city center shouting no borders at people is going to change anything.

either is actions such as this http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401445.html we need to bring the class war back home, we need to make the middle class history and begin to recycle them.

Fuck The Climate Camp (we will be there with flame throwers)

Some working class folk are pissed off at the continued attack of our class, your direct action is not changeing this world for the better, it is a direct attack upon the working class.

We would love to have the time for self indulgent politics, we would love to be soap dodgers (as in the television kind) not just the chemical kind.

Would not life be grate if we could all be bisto kids?

If you to are fucked off with The Middle Class, then rumours are there is going to be a counter demo to all the bullshit and lies, indeed are not The Bisto Kids just stormtroopers and propagandist of the government?

Have you not noticed we are not in a Police State? They allow you dissent as it fit in with there program, continues the lie of climate change. No we will say it loud IT IS A LIE, if you desire real social change then stop listening to government propaganda and join underclassrising on the counter demo.

Taking back our streets, Our Earth for our future and the future of our children not for the future of the middle class is not time we make them history?

Thug on anti war demo exposed as police officer

(nothing new there then?)

good fucking god are we not aware (well some of us) that the left was born out of the infiltration of The Communist Party of Grate Britain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Great_Britain

born from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Creaghe

which gave us the present day labour party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Carpenter

it has been in the interest of the state to keep a sectarian divide

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_for_a_Fifth_International

and so it goes on today
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_War

go read oh how i laughed when i read this, the fucking ironery

New evidence has now emerged that the violent attack on the anti-Bush demonstration by the police last Sunday, 15th June, http://ianbone.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/protestors-have-a-pop-on-bush-demo was not only premeditated but was also orchestrated by the police themselves. Yasmin Whittaker-Khan writing in yesterday’s (scum) Mail on Sunday identified one ‘protester’ as a police ‘agent provocateur’

The background is this:

On Sunday 15th June http://indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/06/401432.html the Stop the War Coalition together with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the British Muslim Initiative organised a peaceful protest against the visit of US President George Bush to London. (like demos are ever going to change anything)

Over the last seven years Stop the War has organised numerous http://www.independent.co.uk/news/fisk/robert-fisk-on-the-shocking-truth-about-the-american-occupation-of-iraq-480871.html demonstrations all of which have all passed off peacefully. All these events have been arranged with the co-operation of the Metropolitan police with whom the Coalition has had a good working relationship.

This time the police were clearly operating with a different agenda:

1] Whitehall was sealed off for unspecified reasons. The police had
taken the ‘political’ decision not to allow a march to proceed along
Whitehall.

2] More than 1200 police, many of whom were riot police, were deployed
to control a peace demonstration of no more than 2500 people.

3] Without provocation the police drew their batons en masse and
proceeded to attack the demonstrators. There are many independent
witnesses to this and the photographic evidence is strong. Several
people were hospitalised and others arrested indiscriminately.

4] There is evidence that the police used ‘agent provocateurs’ to try
[without success] and stir up the crowd. See the article by Yasmin
Whittaker-Khan in the Mail on Sunday 22nd June 2008.

A number of questions now need urgent attention:

a] Who took the decision to ban the march? Which government ministers
were involved? What role did the United States security services play in
this decision?

b] Why were so many police deployed?

c] Who gave the order for batons to be drawn and used?

d] Why did the police use ‘agent provocateurs’ to try and create disorder?
Were the security services involved in this sinister development?

Andrew Murray, Chair of the Stop the War Coalition, said today, ‘The premeditated attack on a peace demonstration by the police marks a further deterioration in the civil liberties of all people in Britain.
We demand a full public investigation into the events of June 15th.’

Really why is the agent provocateur issue such a problem. The article was printed in the (scum) Mail for starters with no factual evidence and little reasoning.

STWC has to except that some people oppose their pacifist (pacifying?) ideals and are prepared to confront the police. This talk of agent provocateurs is a complete non-issue regardless of its authenticity. STWC are just using this article as a means to distance themselves from the more radical fraction willing to use direct action at events like this. I honestly don’t believe the majority of people at at anti-war protests wish to tow the STWC line or even care about them they are there in opposition to an unjust war. The majority of the general public is not pacifist. Its time we built a more accommodating anti-war movement open to diverse tactics and thats primary aim isn’t furthering the careers of aging liberal dinosaurs.

It not surprising that the police will have plain closed officers in attendance at demos or that they would use illegal tactics in there operations but we need to get past this and learn to act accordingly with autonomy and solidarity with those prepared to act directly.

Fuck me..

colour at dusk..

Peace in The Park (bringing it all home)

Peace in The Park come out of the Sheffield Stop The War coalition following the events of September (http://www.911truth.org) 11th , we all watched with utter disbelieve. The 6 year of Peace in The Park was the more positive of them, we only was going to stay a little while but ended up longer than we expected in conversation with old friends about the state of the nation.

We swapped phone no made plans for walks, to look at The former Union Carbide (http://www.flickr.com/photos/0742/sets/72157605280804367/) sight and begin what we know will be a long process of doing something positive with this now part demolished location, there are rummers and plans (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-60850.html ) to build housing there.

We left to go get some food and rest and to come back to see if help was needed to clean up the awesome pondarosa, as a child i played on here when it was part derelict there was prefabricated building that was a youth club, over the years it has been reclaimed by Mother Earth with the help of humans, i did feel sad to see a little damage but Mother Earth is good at self healing.

When we got back the pernicious evil that is drink had taken over and the monsters loomed large, as though it was the end of days. In a week where (http://projectsheffield.wordpress.com/42-days-creeping-internment) we was stood talking with happy dave as one of the bisto kids comes into my face and begins his verbal attack, i realised from the moment he come up to me his intentions and by conversation i simply dismissed the little wanker and grass.

It would have been us The Working Class who would have been assaulted and in the wrong not the wanker who was looking for trouble, before this i found myself on stage taking photographs for Dan Sumption (http://sumption.org) with bison looking at the pissed up monsters of the middle class, it was enjoyable to be there now i wait to see the images i got there are a load more (http://www.flickr.com/groups/peaceinthepark/) and here (http://indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/sheffield/2008/06/401103.html)

In the week of Peace in The Park, The bill to intern people for 42 Days (http://projectsheffield.wordpress.com/42-days-creeping-internment) was passed, it will be a long time before it becomes a reality and if like me you value the limited freedoms we have, then there should be some real concern over this latest assault on those freedoms.

Six years on from The events of September (http://www.911truth.org) 11th , The so called war on terrorism has provoked a irrational fear in people, where 64 per cent of people agree with The 42 days Bill and who knows why The Tory did what he did but as he said there is a pernicious assault on our freedoms and again i find myself in part agreement with the context of his argument.

It is a shame there was not more politics at peace in the park, that the headanist of the bisto kids do not realise the truth of why peace in the park come about, never mind the true politics of headism

There will be more about Union Carbide, Warncliff Side over the next coming weeks and months

Take care now..