Pure Mania - the official Stewart Home appreciation thread

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from The Assault on Culture:

"The "Bash the Rich" march of May 11, '85 was guerrilla theatre worthy of the Berlin dadaists. It received a full report in the Class War paper:

"The police threatened to arrest us all under the public order act for marching in para-military uniform (balaclavas and DMs!). The police and Westminster council got Meanwhile Gardens Community Association to take out a court injunction against us to stop us having the rally. The police did everything possible to stop the march taking place at all. But despite all this intimidation we had the biggest anarchist march for years. Over 500 of us marched to swanky Kensington chanting 'rich scum' and 'We'll be back' as they peered bewildered at us from behind drawn curtains. We were at last bringing the reality of rising class anger into their cosy, protected lives. It was fucking great to be on an anarchist march for once instead of tail ending along on a leftie demonstration listening to labour party speakers. As we turned into Holland Park Avenue all you could see down Ladbroke Grove were black flags. The police were gutted that they had to escort us into one of the plushest parts of London hurling abuse at its rich inhabitants and there was fuck all that they could do about it. There was not one arrest despite the fact that the police were frothing at the mouth as we chanted "rich bastard" at another bloated example of the local vermin . . . Now we must prepare for the next Henley Regatta on July 6th. If we work hard we can get over a thousand people at Henley that day to make the rich bastards choke over their picnic hampers on the banks of the Thames.
FORWARD TO HENLEY."

The Assault on Culture - Utopian Currents from Lettrisme to Class War, Stewart Home, AK Press, 1991.

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1. Kick

before reading skills decline further.

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2. kick for the ones in wanky-panties.

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3. Read a paragraph

It's funny.

Imagine this happening in your own suburb.