A Touch of Class Available To Download

[Paul Marsh]

Just a quick note to say we have put the Class War magaizine, Touch of Class, out as a PDF that can be downloaded.

Comments and feedback welcome!

http://northeastclasswar.org/A_Touch_of_Class.pdf

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Thanks, have printed off a copy, will digest and report back (s'a fuckin big pdf file eh?)

 

[Nigel]

The Workers' Are Hungry For Pot Noodles!!!!

Not bad,
Especially article about public order.
The Only Real Problem Is There Is No Mention Of The Revolutionary Party, Or The Need For An Elite Vanguard To Lead The Revolution!!!!

 

[Paul Marsh]

Not bad,
Especially article about public order.
The Only Real Problem Is There Is No Mention Of The Revolutionary Party, Or The Need For An Elite Vanguard To Lead The Revolution!!!!

Oh well, you will just have to carry on practising that Lenin impersonation in the mirror for a years longer Nigel!

 

[The Black Hand]

An independent review;

Review of "A Touch of Class" magazine

It was published for the anarchist bookfair November 2006. So it is aimed at the anarchists and nobody else.

Front page - Name is shite. Picture awful, an attempt at humour which is smile inducing at best, at worst merely dire.

Editorial - The articles in the magazine don’t address the stated aims in this introduction!! There’s no analysis of the times when Class War was relevant, so as they do not know where they have been, they don’t know where they are going!! There is a vague recognition that there is a need for theory and practice - but it is admired as an example by the author in the BNP! It is of no surprise then that Paul (named editorial author) did not say what they were and had no examples from the entire theoretical and practical history of the working class movement that he could have used. ‘Going nowhere’ springs to mind.

Cutting and pasting Franks article on ethics isn’t really very difficult.

Darren and Richard’s article on the state and resistance had a couple of useful paragraphs in it, moments of interest surrounded by padding.

The public order article was ok – but overdid the photographs of the FIT teams.

Surveillance article I will have to read, it's not as urgent as it states in the 'Themes' column...

Layout – appalling.

Judgement - It’s a sad old leftist magazine in form and content. 4/10. MUST do better.

 

[bluestreak]

it's reading ok so far IMuntrainedO... more when i've decided.

 

[Karen Eliot]

An independent review;

Review of "A Touch of Class" magazine

It was published for the anarchist bookfair November 2006. So it is aimed at the anarchists and nobody else.

Front page - Name is shite. Picture awful, an attempt at humour which is smile inducing at best, at worst merely dire.

Editorial - The articles in the magazine don’t address the stated aims in this introduction!! There’s no analysis of the times when Class War was relevant, so as they do not know where they have been, they don’t know where they are going!! There is a vague recognition that there is a need for theory and practice - but it is admired as an example by the author in the BNP! It is of no surprise then that Paul (named editorial author) did not say what they were and had no examples from the entire theoretical and practical history of the working class movement that he could have used. ‘Going nowhere’ springs to mind.

Cutting and pasting Franks article on ethics isn’t really very difficult.

Darren and Richard’s article on the state and resistance had a couple of useful paragraphs in it, moments of interest surrounded by padding.

The public order article was ok – but overdid the photographs of the FIT teams.

Surveillance article I will have to read, it's not as urgent as it states in the 'Themes' column...

Layout – appalling.

Judgement - It’s a sad old leftist magazine in form and content. 4/10. MUST do better.

What's the sentence?

Given that you didn't read 1/3 of the mag, had no comment to pass on another 1/3 and thought the other 1/3 was useful? And esp given that the 3 para intro was the most important part of the 24 pages for you - see your febrile berating of the same for not going on about your past pet hobbies, stuff that the mag isn't there to deal with. A career as a reviewer is not for you Attica.

 

[The Black Hand]

What's the sentence?

Given that you didn't read 1/3 of the mag, had no comment to pass on another 1/3 and thought the other 1/3 was useful? And esp given that the 3 para intro was the most important part of the 24 pages for you - see your febrile berating of the same for not going on about your past pet hobbies, stuff that the mag isn't there to deal with. A career as a reviewer is not for you Attica.

I said "Must do better" for the sentance.

Hello Pickmans Model - back again in a new guise gibberring again....

The mag is VERY VERY poor, i was being genourous by giving it 4 out of 10. I did pass comment 'on the other third' - i said it didn't address the introduction of the very same mag (as you would expect).

 

[audiotech]

Fuckin' 'ell, that seriously drained my ink cartridges. I estimate that cost me at least a tenner in ink.

 

[The Black Hand]

Fuckin' 'ell, that seriously drained my ink cartridges. I estimate that cost me at least a tenner in ink.

You won't be doing that again then

 

[audiotech]

You won't be doing that again then

It's probably a one off download in an attempt to increase subscriptions, which i suspect is cheaper than downloading and printing DIY stylee.

 

[ska invita]

It's probably a one off download in an attempt to increase subscriptions, which i suspect is cheaper than downloading and printing DIY stylee.

no, pdfs will follow at a delay after publication.

I really enjoyed it - well written with a good tone.

 

[Karen Eliot]

The mag is VERY VERY poor, i was being genourous by giving it 4 out of 10. I did pass comment 'on the other third' - i said it didn't address the introduction of the very same mag (as you would expect).

Anyone?

 

[The Black Hand]

no, pdfs will follow at a delay after publication.

I really enjoyed it - well written with a good tone.

Hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaahhaha

 

[ska invita]

Hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahaahhaha

....still, at least your autonomous, eh?

 

[The Black Hand]

it's better than having shite politics like youse lot...
u r going n-o-w-h-e-r-e... (collective U)

 

[Paul Marsh]

An independent review;

Ahem.

There are insider traders in the City more honest.

Could your views on Touch of Class be in anyway influenced by the following:

1. You wanted to edit the magazine, but the thought horrified Class War's membership, who did not think you capable of producing anything coherent.
2. In 2006 you became the first person to be expelled from Class War in 14 years.

A good writer Attica learns to declare any interests.

I won't give you marks out of ten, but instead suggest you return to the back of the classs and wear the dunces hat for the rest of the day.

 

[The Black Hand]

There is next to nobody in CW dicky dork - for some strange reason you and your cabal decided to try to get rid of me. Other senior people such as Dave Douglass left because of the anti democratic, anti humanist, and basically Stalinist methods you used.

I am independent, I critisise everything I do not like (note my criticism of Organise amongst other things) and because my politics differed from yours you had to get rid of me to lead CW unchallenged What is CW now is so very very different to what it was when it was succesful and I advise any independent free thinking rebels out there to stay well clear of you. But then, they won't come into contact with you cos you do nothing

 

[mk12]

it's better than having shite politics like youse lot...
u r going n-o-w-h-e-r-e... (collective U)

and you're going where exactly?

 

[Karen Eliot]

Durham uni i think.

 

[JHE]

Other senior people...

How do the Junior Anarchists know that you're a Senior Anarchist. Do you wear special insignia?

 

[bluestreak]

you get a series of stars on your namebadge. attica is a four star anarchist, he had his fifth star revoked for talking back to the management.

 

[Paul Marsh]

and you're going where exactly?

I don't think Attica knows, but wherever it is he is going there on his own....

 

[mk12]

with luther blissett.

 

[The Black Hand]

I don't think Attica knows, but wherever it is he is going there on his own....

I do know Paul, in the direction I want to go towards better politics than what passes for politics of the frankly uneducated anarchist leadership.

Education here doesn't prioritise official institutional definitions in its hierarchy of judgement, rather the experience of working class history and political theory is the basis of judgement.

Now, I am aware that there are different levels of politics and 'this is not street politics' but there are serious problems with the anarchist hierarchies which deserve a serious level of debate.

 

[The Black Hand]

with luther blissett.

There are around 5 or 6 people who have written stuff for our new mag, if you include those who have helped write the articles even more, those involved in layout and editing include another 2 or 3, financially the numbers involved rises dramatically - how do you decide this too? If an organisation puts an advert in, is their entire membership involved to one degree or another? So its not only Luther who has been interested in this project. So you could say we are bigger than Class Wars dirty dozen already

 

[Paul Marsh]

Compare and contrast:

there are serious problems with the anarchist hierarchies which deserve a serious level of debate.

Other senior people such as Dave Douglass left because of the anti democratic, anti humanist, and basically Stalinist methods you used.

Looking for indications to back up the mass of support you claim, I found only this.

Barred from Libcom, barred from MATB, chucked out of CW - you are rather due a change of luck with "Praxis For One"?

 

[The Black Hand]

For whatever reason you think I am on my own, strange sort of critique that? In fact it's not a critique.

Libcom, MATB and CW are examples of the reactionary nature of British anarchism I talked about. Libcom are compromised beyond belief for their support of vivisectors, MATB (well expediency has never been a standard of good politics), and your reactionary practices are clear too. It's getting to the point where your lack of theoretical pedigree within the history and practice of working class politics leads me to think that there is some serious 'spoiling' going on. Its coming from 2 directions I know of, but both are outside the traditions of the working class movement. You are too far up your own arse to see.

 

[Paul Marsh]

It's getting to the point where your lack of theoretical pedigree within the history and practice of working class politics leads me to think that there is some serious 'spoiling' going on. Its coming from 2 directions I know of, but both are outside the traditions of the working class movement.

Ah, the state conspiracy line. Everyone is attacking you in some secret service inspired plot.

Care to expand on it? - if not, perhaps you could get a "senior" anarchist to help you, whilst of course denouncing hierarchy?

 

[bluestreak]

what's your new mag attica, is it available to read on the net yet?

regarding a touch of class i cerrtainly enjoyed it. nice and accessible for people who aren't burdened with the weight of the history of anarchist politics in the UK, some interesting viewpoints. not a bad read.